"squeal like a stuck pig" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-squeal like a stuck pig.ogg Forms: squeals like a stuck pig [present, singular, third-person], squealing like a stuck pig [participle, present], squealed like a stuck pig [participle, past], squealed like a stuck pig [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=squeal like a stuck pig}} squeal like a stuck pig (third-person singular simple present squeals like a stuck pig, present participle squealing like a stuck pig, simple past and past participle squealed like a stuck pig)
  1. (simile) To utter loud, high-pitched squeals. Synonyms: squeal like a pig Related terms: bleed like a stuck pig, pig-sticking, pigsticker, stare like a stuck pig, sweat like a stuck pig Translations (to utter loud squeals): kiljua kuin pistetty sika (Finnish), crier comme un putois (French), gueuler comme un veau (French), schreien wie am Spieß (German), hyle som en stukken gris (Norwegian Bokmål), piszczeć [imperfective] (Polish), визжа́ть, как ре́заный (vizžátʹ, kak rézanyj) (Russian), skrika som en stucken gris (Swedish)
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