Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which squeals.
  • noun One of several birds.
  • noun The European swift, Cypselus apus. Also jack-squealer, screecher.
  • noun The American golden plover, Charadrius dominicus.
  • noun The harlequin duck.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, squeals.
  • noun The European swift.
  • noun The harlequin duck.
  • noun The American golden plover.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An animal that, or a person who squeals; especially a pig
  • noun slang an informant
  • noun The European swift.
  • noun The harlequin duck.
  • noun The American golden plover.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one who reveals confidential information in return for money
  • noun domestic swine

Etymologies

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squeal +‎ -er

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Examples

  • While I understand "squealer" is a regional term, it is used to describe a catfish that is a 1/2lb. or less.

    The Fried Fish Debate 2009

  • While I understand "squealer" is a regional term, it is used to describe a catfish that is a 1/2lb. or less.

    The Fried Fish Debate 2009

  • * A stool-pigeon is a thief in the pay of the police; a squealer is a grafter who betrays his brother.

    American Sketches 1908 Charles Whibley 1894

  • When my grandmother was still able to cook a large meal my granddad and I would go catch about 50 "squealer" catfish.

    The Fried Fish Debate 2009

  • When my grandmother was still able to cook a large meal my granddad and I would go catch about 50 "squealer" catfish.

    The Fried Fish Debate 2009

  • MIDRAND, South Africa April 7 (Reuter) - Nelson Mandela on Thursday dismissed white President F. W de Klerk as a "squealer" of South Africa's election campaign and his National Party (NP) as the mouse.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • And even if they killed him now, Brennan and the "Gallant kid" would know that he died trying to protect them, that he wasn't a contemptible "squealer" after all.

    Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles James H. Richardson

  • But the horrors of life in prison for the "squealer" were thoroughly familiar to him when he elected to do what he could to atone for his crime.

    True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office Arthur Cheney Train 1910

  • This, however, he promptly refused to do -- he was no "squealer," and indicated as much to

    The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908

  • In buildings with newer fire alarm systems, for instance, alarm "squealer" covers have been placed on the manual pull stations and areas equipped with security cameras have seen a reduction in malicious fire alarms.

    Iowa State Daily 2010

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  • Old nickname for the Harlequin Duck.

    January 5, 2008

  • From the Examples:"“While I understand "squealer" is a regional term, it is used to describe a catfish that is a 1/2lb. or less.”-- The Fried Fish Debate"

    May 1, 2012