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squish

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squish  (skwsh)
v. squished, squish·ing, squish·es
v.tr.
To squeeze or crush together or into a flat mass; squash.
v.intr.
To emit the gurgling or sucking sound of soft mud being walked on.
n.
1. A squishing sound.
2. Slang A person regarded as weak and ineffective.

[Probably alteration of squash.]

squish [skwɪʃ]
vb
1. (tr) to crush, esp so as to make a soft splashing noise
2. (intr) (of mud, etc.) to make a splashing noise the ground squishes as you tread
n
a soft squashing sound the ripe peach fell with a squish
[of imitative origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.squish - the noise of soft mud being walked on
noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
Verb1.squish - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
footslog, plod, trudge, slog, tramp, pad - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
2.squish - put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action
squirt - wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
Translations
squish [ˈskwɪʃ] vt (= crush) → écraser
squish
vt (inf)zermatschen (inf)


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Squish, squash, echoed the milk in the great cylinder, but never arose the sound they waited for.
Squish, squash, bubble; squash, squish, guggle; and your feet as though you had been wading through slaughter to a throne.
 
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