Meanings
present singular third person squeals like a stuck pig · participle present squealing like a stuck pig · participle past squealed like a stuck pig · past squealed like a stuck pig
- simileOf a person, to utter loud, high-pitched squeals.
Rokoff’s nerves were keyed to the breaking point. With a shriek he sprang toward an adjoining room, but the ape-man was upon his back while his leap was yet but half completed. Iron fingers sought his throat—the great coward squealed like a stuck pig, until Tarzan had shut off his wind.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 94Synonyms: squeal like a pig
Synonyms & antonyms
verbOf a person, to utter loud, high-pitched squeals.
Translations
Finnish kiljua kuin pistetty sika
- kiljua kuin pistetty sikato utter loud squeals
French crier comme un putois, gueuler comme un veau
- crier comme un putoisto utter loud squeals
- gueuler comme un veauto utter loud squeals
German schreien wie am Spieß
- schreien wie am Spießto utter loud squeals
Norwegian Bokmål hyle som en stukken gris
- hyle som en stukken gristo utter loud squeals
Polish piszczeć
- piszczećto utter loud squeals
Russian визжа́ть, как ре́заный
- визжа́ть, как ре́заный (vizžátʹ, kak rézanyj)to utter loud squeals
Swedish skrika som en stucken gris
- skrika som en stucken gristo utter loud squeals
Cite this entry
squeal like a stuck pig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squeal%20like%20a%20stuck%20pig
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