squish·y

[skwish-ee]
adjective, squish·i·er, squish·i·est.
1.
soft and wet: The ground was squishy from the rain.
2.
softly gurgling or splashing: The sponge made a squishy sound when it was squeezed.
3.
emotional or sentimental.

Origin:
1840–50; squish + -y1

squish·i·ness, noun
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squishy (ˈskwɪʃɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , -ier, -iest
soft and yielding to the touch

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Squishy is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
They should be a little soft, but not too squishy in the center.
Now, the fact that the college is a philanthropy doesn't mean that we're all
  soft and squishy and have no expectations of you.
Your brain is soft and squishy, so it's good that your skull helps protect your
  brain.
It's squishy on the outside, and the deeper you go inside, the harder it gets.
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