"squeal like a stuck pig" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-squeal like a stuck pig.ogg [Australia] 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), визжа́ть, как ре́заный (vizžátʹ, kak rézanyj) (Russian), skrika som en stucken gris (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-squeal_like_a_stuck_pig-en-verb-256e3jaj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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