squeal like a stuck pig en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(qualifier:simile) Of 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 94:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| squealing like a stuck pig | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| squealed like a stuck pig | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| squealed like a stuck pig | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| squeals like a stuck pig | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
sweat like a stuck pig · stare like a stuck pig · pig-sticking · pigsticker · bleed like a stuck pig
Synonyms
Translations (8)
nb hyle som en stukken gris (to utter loud squeals) · fi kiljua kuin pistetty sika (to utter loud squeals) · fr crier comme un putois (to utter loud squeals) · de schreien wie am Spieß (to utter loud squeals) · ru визжа́ть, как ре́заный (to utter loud squeals) · pl piszczeć (to utter loud squeals) · fr gueuler comme un veau (to utter loud squeals) · sv skrika som en stucken gris (to utter loud squeals)