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• squish — [skwıʃ] v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: squash] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] to make a soft sucking sound by moving in or through something soft and wet 2.) [I and T] informal to ↑squash something, especially something soft and wet, or to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• squish — 1640s, probably a variant of SQUASH (Cf. squash) (v.), perhaps by influence of obsolete squiss to squeeze or crush (1550s). Related: Squished; squishing …   Etymology dictionary

• squish — [skwish] vi. [echoic var. of SQUASH1] to make a soft, splashing sound when walked on, squeezed, etc. vt. Informal to squeeze into a soft mass; squash n. 1. a squishing sound 2. Informal the act of squashing; squash …   English World dictionary

• squish — [v] squash crush, flatten, jam, mash, pound, press, scrunch, sit on, smash, squeeze, stamp on, trample; concepts 121,208,219 …   New thesaurus

• squish — ► VERB 1) make a soft squelching sound. 2) informal squash. ► NOUN ▪ a soft squelching sound. DERIVATIVES squishy adjective (squishier, squishiest) . ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

• squash — [v] compress annihilate, bear, bruise, crowd, crush, distort, extinguish, flatten, jam, kill, macerate, mash, pound, press, pulp, push, put down, quash, quell, scrunch, shut down, sit on, smash, squeeze, squish, stamp on, suppress, trample,… …   New thesaurus

• squash — 1. verb 1) the fruit got squashed Syn: crush, squeeze, flatten, compress, press, smash, distort, pound, trample, stamp on; pulp, mash, cream, liquidize, beat, pulverize; informal squish, squoosh …   Thesaurus of popular words

• squish — verb Etymology: alteration of squash Date: circa 1647 transitive verb 1. squash < squished the bug > 2. squelch, suck intransitive verb squelch, suck < their w …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• squash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. crush, mash, squeeze, flatten; squelch; informal, suppress, silence. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A vegetable]. Varieties of squash include: winter, Hubbard, butternut, pumpkin, turban,… …   English dictionary for students

• squish — /skwish/, v.t. 1. to squeeze or squash. v.i. 2. (of water, soft mud, etc.) to make a gushing or splashing sound when walked in or on: The soaking wet sneakers squished as he walked. n. 3. a squishing sound: the squish of footsteps on wet leaves.… …   Universalium