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adj. - Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.

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Usage examples (31)
  • "I say, do you think there's any danger of his squealing, that is, if he hasn't been killed?"
  • While flying it utters a very harsh, peculiar, and disagreeable scream, and by some is called the squealing hawk.
  • But given lots kittens and the concomitant rise in squealing tires, wouldn’t you eventually have a decline in kittens?
  • Hawk got one wounded and the squealing was awful! then the little guy must have made a break for it, and the hawk got him, and Squeal!
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