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squealer

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: squealer

1
n
one who reveals confidential information in return for money
2
n
domestic swine
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: squealer
1

n one who reveals confidential information in return for money

Synonyms:
betrayer, blabber, informer, rat
Types:
canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
copper's nark, nark
an informer or spy working for the police
grass, supergrass
a police informer who implicates many people
Type of:
informant, source
a person who supplies information
2

n domestic swine

Synonyms:
Sus scrofa, grunter, hog, pig
Types:
porker
a pig fattened to provide meat
Type of:
swine
stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
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