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Webster 1913 Edition

Squeal

Squeal

(skwēl)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Squealed
(skwēld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Squealing
.]
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
sqväla
, Norw.
skvella
. Cf.
Squeak
,
Squall
.]
1.
To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
2.
To turn informer; to betray a secret.
[Slang]

Squeal

,
Noun.
A shrill, sharp, somewhat prolonged cry.

Webster 1828 Edition

Squeal

SQUEAL

,
Verb.
I.
[See Squall.] To cry with a sharp shrill voice. It is used of animals only, and chiefly of swine. It agrees in sense with squeak, except that squeal denotes a more continues cry than squeak, and the latter is not limited to animals. We say, a squealing hog or pig, a squealing child; but more generally a squalling child.

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