Squelching
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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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World English Dictionary
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 | |
| squelch (skwɛltʃ) | |
| —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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Perhaps the biggest, though, is their trying to frame it as a squelching of their religious liberty.
The trouble is that each gag is painstakingly repeated, flattening the pace and squelching the sparkle.
They were successful in squelching, by a new law, efforts to revive the spoils system.
Thus equipped, bikes are ideal for freeway riding, but are not cut out to ford wild streams or plough through squelching bogs.
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