Contextualizebeta

squealer

noun
/ˈskwilɚ/US

Etymology

From squeal + -er.

  1. derived from *skel-✻
  2. derived from *skwel-✻ — “to chatter, babble, scream”
  3. derived from skvala — “to squeal, bawl”
  4. inherited from squelen
  5. suffixed as squealer — “squeal + er”

Definitions

  1. Any animal or person who squeals.

  2. A pig.

  3. An informant.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A kind of jug used to carry beer having 1 litre or 32 ounce capacity (half the size of a…

      A kind of jug used to carry beer having 1 litre or 32 ounce capacity (half the size of a growler).

    2. Anything that makes a squealing noise.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for squealer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA