Squealer

Definition: Squealer

Squealer

Noun

1. One who reveals confidential information in return for money.

2. Domestic swine.

Date "squealer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references)

Domain	Definition
Mining	A shot that breaks the coal only enough to allow the gases of detonation to escape with a whistling or squealing sound; also called a whistler. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Squealer

Synonyms: betrayer (n), blabber (n), grunter (n), hog (n), informer (n), pig (n), rat (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Knave	Traitor, betrayer, archtraitor, conspirator, Judas, Catiline; reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer, tell-tale, mischief-maker; trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade; (tergiversation); truant, recreant; sycophant; (servility).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Squealer (1930)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	King Squealer (reference) The squealer (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Squealer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Squealer" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	3	202,518

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "squealer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zogth (chick, nestling, squab, squeaker), bërtitës (screamy), angulluës (squeaky). (various references)

Arabic		‏النباح (barker), ‏الصياح, ‏الخائن (rat, recreant, traitor, turncoat), ‏الشاكي باستمرار. (various references)

Bulgarian		недоволник (dissenter, grumbler, malcontent, pouter), младо гълъбче (squeaker), пискун (screamer, squeaker), издайник (blabber, talebearer, telltale). (various references)

Chinese		告密者 (sneak, snitch, tipster). (various references)

French		traître, hurleur, donneur. (various references)

German		Petzer (sneak, telltale). (various references)

Greek		καταδότησ (informer, snitch, snitcher, telltale), προδότησ (betrayer, recreant, traitor), φωνάζων (screamer, shouter, squaller, squawker). (various references)

Hebrew		מלשין (calumniator, delator, denouncer, fink, informer, malinger, slanderer, telltale). (various references)

Hungarian		nyafogó (querulous, sniveler, sniveling, sniveller, whining, whiny), madárfióka (Eyas, fledgeling, fledgling, nestling, squeaker), szopós malac (sucker, sucking pig), spicli (beagle, fink, informer, lurker, sneak, snoop, stool pigeon), sikoltó ember, sikoltó állat, sikító állat, malac (farrow, pig), kismalac (pig, piggy, piggy-wiggy, piglet), csupasz galambfióka, örök siránkozó. (various references)

Italian		strillone (newspaper seller), piagnone (complainer). (various references)

Korean		밀� 자 (informant). (various references)

Pig Latin		ealersquay

Portuguese		pessoa que protesta, denunciador (denunciator, detector, informer, telltale), delator (blackmouth, delator, informer, squeaker, talebearer, taleteller). (various references)

Russian		нытик (puler, sorehead, whiner), птенец (cheeper, chick, chicken, fledgling, nestling, poult), доносчик (checker, delator, denunciator, fink, informer, nark, noser, rat, sneak, sneaker, snitch, squeaker, squeal, tattletale, whistle-blower, whistler). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dostavljač (delator, deliverer, fink, informant, informer, nark, rat, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler, tattletale). (various references)

Spanish		soplón (fink, grass, informer, nark, sneak, sneaky, snitch, tattler, telltale). (various references)

Swedish		tjallare (fink, nark, squeaker). (various references)

Turkish		suç ortaklarını ele veren, muhbir (delator, denunciator, finger, finger man, informant, informer, intelligencer, nark, rat, reporter, setter, snout, split, squealler, stooge, stool pigeon, tipster). (various references)

Ukrainian		скиглій (cry-baby), верескун (squeaker), пташеня (cheeper, chick, chicken, nestling, poult, pout, squeaker). (various references)

Vietnamese		người la hét người hay mách lẻo, người hay hớt, chỉ điểm non, b�" câu non (squeaker). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "squealer": squealers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Squealer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sqealer, squale, squaler, squeale, squeler. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "squealer" (pronounced 'Squeal"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-q-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: quaeres, sequela.
	-2 letters: equals, larees, leaser, quaere, queers, reales, resale, reseal, reseau, saurel, sealer, sequel, square, squeal, urease.
	-3 letters: arles, aures, earls, easel, equal, erase, laree, lares, laser, lears, lease, leers, lures, quale, quare, queer, rales, reals, reels, reuse, rules, saree, seral, sural, urase, ureal, ureas, ursae.
	-4 letters: alee, ales, ares, arse, earl, ears.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-q-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: equaliser, squealers.
	+2 letters: aquarelles, equalisers, equalizers, lacquerers, quarrelers, relacquers.
	+3 letters: plateresque, quarrellers, quarrelsome, quarterlies, reliquaries, requalifies, roquelaures.
	+4 letters: equilibrates, lacquerwares, pasqueflower, prequalifies.
	+5 letters: harlequinades, pasqueflowers, quarrelsomely.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
squealer	16
font squealer	3
animal farm squealer	3
bush hog squealer	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Squealer

Definition: Squealer

Squealer

Noun

Specialty Definition: Squealer

Mining

Synonyms: Squealer

Synonyms within Context: Squealer

Knave

Modern Usage: Squealer

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Squealer

Books

Usage Frequency: Squealer

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Squealer

squealer

font squealer

animal farm squealer

bush hog squealer

Modern Translation: Squealer

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Derivations & Misspellings: Squealer

Derivations

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Rhyming with "Squealer"

Anagrams: Squealer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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