Squealer

squeal  (skwl)

v. squealed, squeal·ing, squeals

v.intr.

1. To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound.

2. Slang To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.

v.tr.

To utter or produce with a squeal.

n.

A loud, shrill cry or sound: a squeal of surprise; the squeal of tires.

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[Middle English squelen, probably of imitative origin.]

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squealer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	squealer - one who reveals confidential information in return for money betrayer, blabber, informer, rat canary, fink, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police informant, source - a person who supplies information copper's nark, nark - an informer or spy working for the police supergrass, grass - a police informer who implicates many people
	2.	squealer - domestic swine                       pig, Sus scrofa, grunter, hog swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae porker - a pig fattened to provide meat trotter - foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food porc, pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig lard - soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog