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| —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 | |
| 3. | a soft squashing sound: the ripe peach fell with a squish |
| [C17: of imitative origin] | |
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Squish
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
squish
1647, probably a variant of squash (1), perhaps by influence of obsolete squiss "to squeeze or crush" (1558). Squishy (adj.) first attested 1847.
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Example sentences
They can squish and pound it and form it into fascinating shapes.
But some theories suggest neutron stars could squish down even further by converting their neutrons to exotic types of matter.
Plus, they squish under your shoes or between your toes if you are barefoot.
Anamorphic lenses have elements that take the horizontal part of the image, and squish it together.
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