Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, informal)The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.

    хлю́паньеxljúpanʹje

  2. (countable, derogatory, informal)A political moderate; a moderate on a specific issue.

    The cadre of squishes in this party may disgree with me.

    He's a squish on abortion.

  3. (attributive, informal, often, uncountable)An effect in internal combustion engines which creates sudden turbulence of the air–fuel mixture as the piston approaches top dead center.

  4. (countable, informal)A continuum or progression between categories that are normally considered discrete.

  5. (countable, informal, slang)A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.

  6. (UK, archaic, informal, slang, uncountable)Marmalade.

More definitions
  • the noise of soft mud being walked on

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Tom squished the cockroach with his foot.

    ruТом раздавил таракана ногой.

    deTom zerquetschte die Kakerlake mit dem Fuß.

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  2. He wants to squish the bug.

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  3. He wants to squish the spider.

    ruОн хочет раздавить паука.

    deEr will die Spinne zerquetschen.

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  4. This belt is squishing my waist.

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  5. Yanni squished the poor June beetle.

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Translations

2 languages
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sound of something being squeezed or crushed:

Origin

Apparently an alteration of squash, influenced by obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”). Cognate

Apparently an alteration of squash, influenced by obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Scots squische, squies (“to crush, squeeze”). Compare also French esquicher, from Old Occitan esquichar (“to squeeze, squish”). See also squeeze and squelch. The noun is derived from the verb.

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Forms

plural: squishes
Singularsquish
Pluralsquishes

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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