squelch
to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.
to make a splashing sound.
to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.
a squelched or crushed mass of anything.
a splashing sound.
an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument.
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.
Origin of squelch
1Other words from squelch
- squelcher, noun
- squelch·ing·ly, adverb
- squelch·ing·ness, noun
- un·squelched, adjective
Words Nearby squelch
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use squelch in a sentence
Even so, AEI is mostly a bystander as Republicans fight among themselves to squelch the Tea Party grassroots.
Attempting to squelch political speech by calling it hate speech only makes Israel look weaker.
Once Again, the Anti-Defamation League Defames | Jay Michaelson | October 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYes, the party wants to squelch cultural expressions that threaten its own continuity and survival.
In attempting to squelch the protests, government forces killed six people on March 18 and more four days later.
But will the intervention help squelch an escalating conflict?
A bulky object fell with a heavy squelch in the middle of the street, a few yards from us.
Lilith | George MacDonaldI don't think that you can discover that Douglas ever talked of going to Virginia to "squelch" out that idea there.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Five | Abraham LincolnThe thing must be squelched, and the only way to squelch it, when they fired they must fire to kill.
Wellington felt called upon to squelch him: "You Englishmen never had a real tub till we Americans sold 'em to you."
Excuse Me! | Rupert HughesAnd there were always a sufficient number of good fellows around to squelch anybody who tried to interfere with my efficiency.
The Pride of Palomar | Peter B. Kyne
British Dictionary definitions for squelch
/ (skwɛltʃ) /
(intr) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise
(intr) to make such a noise
(tr) to crush completely; squash
(tr) informal to silence, as by a crushing retort
a squelching sound
something that has been squelched
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
informal a crushing remark
Origin of squelch
1Derived forms of squelch
- squelcher, noun
- squelching, adjective
- squelchy, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse