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squelch 
[skwelch] Pronunciation Key,
[skwelch] Pronunciation Key, –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash. |
| 2. | to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument. |
| 3. | to make a splashing sound. |
| 4. | to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound. |
| 5. | a squelched or crushed mass of anything. |
| 6. | a splashing sound. |
| 7. | an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument. |
| 8. | Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. Electronics. a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| squelch
(skwělch) Pronunciation Key
v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es v. tr.
v. intr. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze. n.
[Probably imitative.] squelch'er n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
squelch (v.)
squelch (v.)
1624, "to fall, drop, or stomp on something (soft) with crushing force," possibly imitative of sound made. The fig. sense of "suppress completely" is first recorded 1864.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| squelch | |
noun | |
| 1. | a crushing remark [syn: put-down] |
| 2. | an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise [syn: squelch circuit] |
verb | |
| 1. | suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" |
| 2. | make a sucking sound |
| 3. | walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" |
| 4. | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Squelch
Squelch\, v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch.] To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; also, to move with such a sound. He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching as he walked. --P. L. Ford. A crazy old collier squelching along under squared yards. --W. C. Russell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Squelch
Squelch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squelched; p. pr. & vb. n. Squelching.] [Cf. prov. E. quelch a blow, and quel to crush, to kill.] To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.] Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. & Fl. If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Squelch
Squelch\, n. A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. [Colloq.] --Hudibras.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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