squash
The sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into waterThe sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water.
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» Do you play squash?
Ти граєш у сквош? — deniko
Ви граєте у сквош? — deniko
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(obsolete)The sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water.
Examples
62 sentencesDo you play squash?
Ти граєш у сквош? — deniko
We should play squash together sometime.
deWir müssen irgendwann mal zusammen Squash spielen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you think Tom will play squash?
ruКак ты думаешь, Том будет играть в сквош? — marafon
I'd like to play a game of squash.
deIch würde gerne eine Partie Squash spielen. — Sudajaengi
Before it's cooked, butternut squash smells like melon.
Origin
From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from VulgarFrom Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash).
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