squelch
Use Squelch in a sentence
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make a splashing sound.
4.
to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.
noun
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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squelch (skwɛltʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise |
| 2. | (intr) to make such a noise |
| 3. | (tr) to crush completely; squash |
| 4. | informal (tr) to silence, as by a crushing retort |
| —n | |
| 5. | a squelching sound |
| 6. | something that has been squelched |
| 7. | electronics a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise |
| 8. | informal a crushing remark |
| [C17: of imitative origin] | |
| 'squelcher | |
| —n | |
| 'squelching | |
| —adj | |
| 'squelchy | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
squelch
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.
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Example sentences
His shirtless photographs have done little to squelch his popularity.
Whatever the cause, once you find that philanthropic spirit, something as petty as a parking ticket isn't going to squelch it.
Experts agree that it is not enough merely to squelch the symptoms of heartburn.
Let's not allow taboos to squelch intelligent discussion.
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