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squish

[ skwish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to squeeze or squash:

    It's a soft bread, so it's easy to accidentally squish it while cutting.

    The long ride was going to be uncomfortable, what with having to squish six people into a tiny car.



verb (used without object)

  1. to make a gushing or splashing sound:

    His soaking wet sneakers squished as he plodded by.

    I waded out of the river, mud squishing between my toes.

  2. to become squeezed or squashed:

    The softer containers can squish down when empty, allowing them to take up less space.

  3. to make one's way with a gushing or splashing sound:

    We said our goodbyes, and she squished away to the bus stop in the rain.

noun

  1. a gushing or splashing sound:

    I thought I was alone in the woods until I heard the squish of footsteps on wet leaves.

  2. an instance of being squeezed or squashed:

    The table could seat four people, but it would be a squish.

  3. Slang. a politician, especially a Republican, who is perceived by members of their own party as overly moderate or willing to compromise:

    His rival in the party claimed he was a squish who cared more about making deals than sticking to his beliefs.

  4. Slang. an intense feeling of infatuation that is not romantic or sexual in nature; a platonic crush:

    I had such a squish on her when we first met, but luckily it worked out and now she's my best friend.

squish

/ skwɪʃ /

verb

  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



noun

  1. a soft squashing sound

    the ripe peach fell with a squish

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Word History and Origins

Origin of squish1

First recorded in 1640–50; alteration of squash 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of squish1

C17: of imitative origin

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Example Sentences

There were seconds of silence broken only by the squish of the sponge.

Two springs under the backside of the seat, however, should provide a little bit of squish during your ride.

Tune how quickly and aggressively the suspension compresses and rebounds to maintain just the right amount of squish and bounce.

As we made our way along the shallow creekbed, I felt a wet squish of water permeate my hiking boots while I tried to hop from dry patch to dry patch, careful not to soak my wool socks.

He could, as a fallback, partner well with Big Squish-Em, Dis-Em Chris.

“When it came back, it was the ultimate squish,” the former vice president said.

From Romantic squish to scabrous satirist to rebel wrangler to, finally, Ambassador of Goodwill.

There are no fears the governor of Wisconsin is some kind of moderate Northeastern squish, as conservatives paint Chris Christie.

Matt Bevin is a Louisville businessman and Tea Party favorite who sees the five-term senator as a patsy and a squish.

Squish, squash echoed the milk in the great cylinder, but never arose the sound they waited for.

Masten could hear a sodden squish at times, as his own animal whipped its hoofs out of a miniature sand hill.

You step out so gaily on the glittering grass, and then squish!

He dropped himself into the pneumochair, feeling the soggy squish of the deflated cushion, and loosened the jacket of his uniform.

To walk along the sedgy banks is to leave a trail of "squish-squash" with every step.

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