(transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
(transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.
(transitive, intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
squashberry
squashberry
noun
Viburnum edule, the pembina or lowbush cranberry.
squashed
squashed
adj
squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp
suppressed or silenced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squash
squasher
squasher
noun
One who, or that which, squashes.
squashers
squashers
noun
plural of squasher
squashes
squashes
noun
plural of squash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squash
squashier
squashier
adj
comparative form of squashy: more squashy
squashiest
squashiest
adj
superlative form of squashy: most squashy
squashily
squashily
adv
In a squashy way.
squashiness
squashiness
noun
The state or condition of being squashy.
squashing
squashing
adj
Belittling.
noun
The act by which something is squashed; a pressing.
verb
present participle of squash
squashs
squashy
squashy
adj
Easily squashed when pressed.
Resembling a bog or marsh underfoot.
squatterarchy
squattish
squattish
adj
Somewhat squat in stature.
squawbush
squawbush
noun
The deciduous shrub Cornus amomum.
The shrub Rhus trilobata.
squawbushes
squawbushes
noun
plural of squawbush
squawfish
squawfish
noun
A cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, a voracious predator on small trout and salmon.
squawfishes
squawfishes
noun
plural of squawfish
squawmish
squeakyish
squeakyish
adj
Somewhat squeaky.
squeamish
squeamish
adj
Averse or reluctant.
Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.
squeamishly
squeamishly
adv
In a squeamish manner.
squeamishness
squeamishness
noun
The quality of being squeamish
squelch
squelch
noun
(countable) A squelching sound.
(countable, dated) A heavy blow or fall.
(countable, music) A kind of electronic beat or sound mainly used in acid house and related music genres.
(radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
verb
(intransitive, Britain) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
(intransitive, Britain) To walk or step through a substance such as mud.
(transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
(transitive, radio technology) To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength.
squelched
squelched
adj
Having been squelched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squelch
squelcher
squelcher
noun
One who, or that which, squelches.
squelchers
squelchers
noun
plural of squelcher
squelches
squelches
noun
plural of squelch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squelch
squelchier
squelchier
adj
comparative form of squelchy: more squelchy
squelchiest
squelchiest
adj
superlative form of squelchy: most squelchy
squelchily
squelchily
adv
In a squelchy manner.
squelchiness
squelchiness
noun
The state or quality of being squelchy.
squelching
squelching
noun
The act of something that squelches.
verb
present participle of squelch
squelchingly
squelchingly
adv
In a squelching manner.
squelchingness
squelchy
squelchy
adj
that squelches, or makes a squelching sound
squench
squencher
squibbish
squinch
squinch
noun
(architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
verb
(transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).
squinched
squinched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squinch
squinches
squinches
noun
plural of squinch
squinching
squinching
verb
present participle of squinch
squirarch
squirarch
noun
One who belongs to the squirearchy.
squirarchal
squirarchical
squirarchies
squirarchies
noun
plural of squirarchy
squirarchy
squirarchy
noun
Alternative form of squirearchy
squirearch
squirearchal
squirearchal
adj
Of or pertaining to squirearchy.
squirearchical
squirearchies
squirearchies
noun
plural of squirearchy
squirearchy
squirearchy
noun
The landowning gentry.
squirehood
squirehood
noun
The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
squireship
squireship
noun
State or position of being a squire; squirehood.
squirish
squirrelfish
squirrelfish
noun
Any member of the subfamily Holocentrinae of the family Holocentridae of ray-finned fish.
squirrelfishes
squirrelfishes
noun
plural of squirrelfish
squirrelish
squirrelish
adj
Squirrel-like; having qualities associated with squirrels.
squirtish
squirtish
adj
Like a squirt or whippersnapper.
squish
squish
noun
(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
(countable, politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate.
(slang) A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.
(uncountable, UK, slang, archaic) Marmalade.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To be compressed or squeezed.
(transitive, informal) To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
squished
squished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of squish
squishes
squishes
noun
plural of squish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squish
squishier
squishier
adj
comparative form of squishy: more squishy
squishiest
squishiest
adj
superlative form of squishy: most squishy
squishiness
squishiness
noun
The state or quality of being squishy.
squishing
squishing
verb
present participle of squish
squishy
squishy
adj
(informal) Subjective or vague.
(of an object or substance) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud.