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squished

[skwish] Origin

squish

[skwish]
verb (used with object)
1.
to squeeze or squash.
verb (used without object)
2.
(of water, soft mud, etc.) to make a gushing or splashing sound when walked in or on: The soaking wet sneakers squished as he walked.

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Squished is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
noun
3.
a squishing sound: the squish of footsteps on wet leaves.

Origin:
1640–50; alteration of squash1
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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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