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Answer for the clue "Sound of delight ", 6 letters:
squeal

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a high-pitched howl v. utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs [syn: oink ] confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure [syn: confess , shrive ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Squeal " is a 1994 song by American rock band No Doubt as their lead single from their second album The Beacon Street Collection on May 12, 1994. The single failed to chart and no music video was made.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, probably of imitative origin, similar to Old Norse skvala "to cry out" (see squall (v.)). The sense of "inform on another" is first recorded 1865. Related: Squealed ; squealing . The noun is attested from 1747.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squeal \Squeal\, n. A shrill, sharp, somewhat prolonged cry.

Usage examples of squeal.

And very soon loud, smacking kisses, amatory pinches and ticklings, and skittish squeals of pleasure did their work.

John Bladdery away under cover of pretty-pastel synthetics and amorous squeals.

The blizzard was scouring against the walls, and the winds squealed and moaned in the stovepipe.

Horribly the great blizzard, large as the sky, bent over it and scoured with an enormous invisible cloth, round and round on the paper-thin roof, till a hole wore through and squealing, chuckling, laughing a deep Ha!

When a boulder flattened a stock pen or fold or sty and freed its contents, the horses and sheep and pigs scampered hither and yon, bleating, squealing, neighing, butting, kicking.

Unfortunately, Moria noticed, and affected a little squeal as Turian, his expression worried, rubbed lotion on the long, thin sting welts.

And nothing makes a vert planker squeal with glee like a stretch of cement pipe.

In his memory is a vast library of recordings of the music that he likes best: the cries and squeals, the prayerful whispers, the shrieks as thin as paper cuts, the pulsatory sobbings for mercy, and the erotic inducements of final desperations.

I have heard the squealing of pigs at slaughtering time, when instinct tells them of the deadly intent of men and they try punily to fight.

I have been privileged to become aware of the singing of a quiet tune, some of the phrases of which were directly derivative from inarticulate vegetation--the thud of glossy blue quandongs on the soft floor of the jungle, the clicking of a discarded leaf as it fell from topmost twigs down through the strata of foliage, the bursting of a seed-pod, the patter of rejects from the million pink-fruited fig, overhanging the beach, the whisper of leaves, the faint squeal where interlocked branches fret each other unceasingly, the sigh of phantom zephyrs too elusive to be felt.

Then the almost painful excitement when the dusty, rackety Ford truck with its mudguards tied on with wire was suddenly there in the yard, and the Old Man was climbing down from the cab, a sweat-stained hat on the back of his head and the dust thick in the stubble of his beard, swinging Tracey squealing above his head.

But as more arrows whizzed among them, Torquil was obliged to make a precipitous dismount as his valiant little rouncy went down with a piteous squeal, a feathered shaft deep in its chest and blood spraying from its nostrils.

The Russian squealed shrilly as Sean used them as a handle to drag him backward and threw him against the sandbagged side wall of the emplacement.

The men were tossing an enormous sponge ball of some sort around in the pool and periodically it landed somewhere, shoreside, sending water splashing two feet in circumference, causing squeals of surprised delight.

I saw the others turn, all trumpeting and squealing, and then Kirby-Smith fired, the crash of his rifle so loud my ears sang with the noise of it.