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squealy

squealy adjective: making a squealing sound.

Adjective

squealy (comparative squealier, superlative squealiest)

  1. Making a squealing sound.
    • Then for some reason the higher powers would not let us go and look at the kittens, the dear little blind kittens in the outhouse. […] Only after a dispute in which Joan threatened to go the way of Peter was "just a glimpse" conceded. And they were softer and squealier and warmer than anything one...1918, H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter

Forms of squealy

comparativesquealier
superlativesquealiest

Origin of squealy

From squeal + -y.

Questions about squealy

What does squealy mean?
Squealy means making a squealing sound.
What part of speech is squealy?
Squealy is an adjective.

Words near squealy in the dictionary

  1. squealingly
  2. squealings
  3. squealling
  4. squeals
  5. squeals like a stuck pig
  6. squealy
  7. squeamish
  8. squeamishly
  9. squeamishness
  10. squeamishnesses
  11. squeamous

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