2. Verb. (third-person singular of squeal) ¹
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Definition of Squeals
1. squeal [v] - See also: squeal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeals
Literary usage of Squeals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett by Sarah Orne Jewett (1911)
"... the Gift of Tongues and the squeals of a lady parishioner one day when he was
calling. The squint of Irving's eye was a sign of something in his brain. ..."
2. Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett by Sarah Orne Jewett (1911)
"Carlyle took no stock in Irving's wife, and he is so solemn and regretful about
the Gift of Tongues and the squeals of a lady parishioner one day when he ..."
3. The Mikado's Empire by William Elliot Griffis (1906)
"My repeated invitations to a banquet of arsenic were as often declined, with
thanks and squeals; but on wrapping up a piece of seasoned meat in a small box ..."
4. In the Vine Country by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross (1893)
"The little figures flew in darting circles, like flies on a pool, to the mad
squeals of the ... squeals ..."
5. Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (English) by Helena Swan (1904)
"The squeals and scampering round the sty Of little pigs, with hard-nailed hoofs,
The sleeping sow's half-woken sigh. Pike. ..."
6. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most by Henry Troth Coates (1878)
"... round and round and round, And he sniff'd at the foaming froth ; When I up-
with his heels, and smothers his squeals In the scum of the boiling broth. ..."
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