squealern.
/ˈskwiːlə/, U.S. /ˈskwilər/ 1. In bird-names: (see quots.).
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > genus Apus > apus apus (swift)
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Apus1774
longwing1786
deviling1797
devilet1828
flap-wing1834
squealer1854
devil1885
devil bird1885
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Pluvialis > pluvialis apricaria (Eurasian golden plover)
green plover1550
spotted plover1750
golden plover1766
yellow plover1793
grey plover1885
squealer1888
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Pluvialis > pluvialis dominica (American golden plover)
green plover1550
whistling plover1668
golden plover1766
frost bird1803
greenback1843
prairie plover1851
prairie snipe1851
prairie pigeon1874
kolea1888
squealer1888
1854 J. W. Warter Last of Old Squires vii. 66 In the summer nothing broke the silence that reigned around, save the voice of the squealers—the country-name for swifts.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Jack-squealer The Swift... This bird's loud piercing cry has obtained for it the name of squealer.
1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 91 Harlequin Duck,..known also as Squealer at Machias Port, Me.
1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 196 Golden Plover... Mr. Browne records Squealer in his list of gunners' names at Plymouth Bay.
2.
a. One who or that which squeals. Also transferred.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek > person
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screaker1549
shreamer1573
screecher1585
squaller1688
shrieker1708
screamer1712
squealer1864
skriker1891
the world > animals > by noises > [noun] > that utters a shrill cry
yawper1678
screamer1801
squealer1897
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Squealer,..an illegitimate baby.
1897 Daily News 25 May 2/4 In one village a venerable squealer [a pig] was driven past a whole line of soldiers by a dog.
b. slang. An informer.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer
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wrobberc1300
discoverera1400
denunciator1474
informer1503
denouncer1533
detector1541
delatora1572
sycophant1579
inquisitor1580
scout1585
finger man1596
emphanista1631
quadruplator1632
informant1645
eastee-man1681
whiddler1699
runner1724
stag1725
snitch1785
qui tam1788
squeak1795
split1819
clype1825
telegraph1825
snitcher1827
Jack Nasty1837
pigeon1847
booker1863
squealer1865
pig1874
rounder1884
sneak1886
mouse1890
finger1899
fizgig1902
screamer1902
squeaker1903
canary1912
shopper1924
narker1932
snurge1933
cheese eater1935
singer1935
tip-off1941
top-off1941
tout1959
rat fink1961
whistle-blower1970
1865 in Slang Dict. 244.
1901 Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 7/2 It will not reap many ‘squealers’, because the men who might tell things to cause damage will not dare.
c. A complainer.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains
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grutchera1250
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musera1382
plainerc1400
plaintiff?a1439
fretter?1504
complainant1525
complainer1526
repiner1551
grudger1552
moaner1628
grumbler1633
querulist1647
maunderer1653
growler1753
grumbletonian1773
smellfungus1807
crib-biter1809
expostulatora1834
squinny1849
groaner1876
grouser1885
squealer1889
gruntler1893
grump1900
grouch1901
screamer1902
Moaning Minnie1934
narker1937
binder1944
1889 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch In nine cases out of ten, the editor gives the squealer more privileges in the way of reply than he is entitled to by equity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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