Noun: squealer skwee-lu(r)
- One who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
"The mafia liquidated the squealer";
- informer, betrayer, rat [informal], blabber [informal]
- Domestic swine
"The squealer wallowed in the mud on the hot summer day";
- hog, pig, grunter, Sus scrofa
- [informal] Someone who reports another person's wrongdoings to someone in authority
"I told the teacher that I'm not a squealer and didn't want to get involved";
- telltale [Brit, informal], grass [Brit, informal], snitch [informal], tattletale [US, informal], talebearer [archaic], rat [informal]
Derived forms: squealers
Type of: informant, source, swine
Encyclopedia: Squealer