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SQUEALER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squealer mean? 

SQUEALER (noun)
  The noun SQUEALER has 2 senses:

1. one who reveals confidential information in return for moneyplay

2. domestic swineplay

  Familiarity information: SQUEALER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SQUEALER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One who reveals confidential information in return for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

betrayer; blabber; informer; rat; squealer

Hypernyms ("squealer" is a kind of...):

informant; source (a person who supplies information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squealer"):

canary; fink; sneak; sneaker; snitch; snitcher; stool pigeon; stoolie; stoolpigeon (someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police)

copper's nark; nark (an informer or spy working for the police)

grass; supergrass (a police informer who implicates many people)

Derivation:

squeal (confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Domestic swine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa

Hypernyms ("squealer" is a kind of...):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Meronyms (parts of "squealer"):

trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

porc; pork (meat from a domestic hog or pig)

Meronyms (substance of "squealer"):

lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squealer"):

porker (a pig fattened to provide meat)

Holonyms ("squealer" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Derivation:

squeal (utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs)


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