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squeal (v.)
c. 1300, probably of imitative origin, similar to Old Norse
skvala
"to cry out" (see
squall
(v.)). The sense of "inform on another" is first recorded 1865. Related:
Squealed
;
squealing
. The noun is attested from 1747.
