different between squeal vs expletive

English

Etymology

18th c. (noun), Middle English (verb); of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /skwi?l/?
• (US) IPA^(key): /skwil/
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

squeal (plural squeals)

1. A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child, or noisy worn-down brake pads.
2. The cry of a pig.

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Verb

squeal (third-person singular simple present squeals, present participle squealing, simple past and past participle squealed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To scream with a shrill, prolonged sound.
2. (intransitive, slang) To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.

Synonyms

• (to rat on someone): inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out

Derived terms

• squealer

Translations

Anagrams

• Quales, equals, queals, quesal

English

Etymology

From Late Latin expl?t?vus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin expl?tus, the perfect passive participle of exple? (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *ple? (“fill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?spli?t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kspl?t?v/

Adjective

expletive (comparative more expletive, superlative most expletive)

1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

   Synonym: expletory
2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

Translations

Noun

expletive (plural expletives)

1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.

   Synonyms: swear word, oath

2. (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
3. (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.

   Synonym: intensifier

Derived terms

• expletive deleted

Translations

Further reading

• expletive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967