squash

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• British English IPA: /ˈskwɒʃ/
• American English IPA: /ˈskwɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Etymology 1

Noun

squash (countable and uncountable; plural squashes)

1. (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
2. (UK) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

   When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.

3. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.

   It's a bit of a squash in this small room.

4. (obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
5. (obsolete, countable, pejorative) Something unripe or soft.
6. (obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

• squashable
• squash ball
• squash court
• squash player
• squash racket

Translations

The sport

Catalan: esquaix (ca) m. Finnish: squash (fi), kössi (fi) French: squash (fr) m. Kurdish: سکواش

Norwegian: Bokmål: squash (nb) m., skvåsj (nb) m. Nynorsk: squash (nn) m., skvåsj (nn) m. Simplified Chinese: 壁球 Swedish: squash (sv) c.

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Spanish: ayote

See also

• racketball

Verb

squash (third-person singular simple present squashes, present participle squashing, simple past and past participle squashed)

1. (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.

   Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.

   We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

• squash up
• squashy
• squish

Translations

to beat or press into pulp or flat mass

Finnish: murskata (fi), puristaa (fi), soseuttaa (fi)

Hungarian: szétlapít (hu)

to compress

Dutch: samenpersen (nl) Finnish: ahtaa (fi), ahtautua

Hungarian: összenyom (hu), összeprésel (hu) !Xóõ: tʻkxʻām

Etymology 2

Noun

squash (uncountable)

1. (countable) (botany) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

   Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C. maxima, but the distinctions are not clear.

2. The edible fruit of this plant, or this fruit prepared as a dish.

   We ate squash and green beans.

Derived terms

• squash beetle
• squash bug

Translations

plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita

Finnish: kurpitsa (fi) French: courge (fr) Hindi: स्क्वाश (hi) Hungarian: tök (hu) Kurdish: کودی Navajo: naayízí

Norwegian: Bokmål: squash (nb) m., skvåsj (nb) m. Nynorsk: squash (nn) m., skvåsj (nn) m. Polish: dynia (pl) f. Russian: кабачок (ru) m. Simplified Chinese: 南瓜 Swedish: squash (sv) c., zucchini (sv) c., courgette (sv) c.

Etymology 3

shortening of musquash

Noun

squash (plural squashes)

1. (obsolete, zoo, countable) Muskrat.

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French

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Etymology

From English squash

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skwaʃ/

Noun

squash m. (plural squashs)

1. (sports) (uncountable) squash

   Jouer au squash.

2. squash game

   On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui.

3. squash court

   La ville a construit trois squashs municipaux.

References

• "squash" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from English squash

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skʋɔʂ/, X-SAMPA: /skPOs`/
• Rhymes: -ɔʂ

Alternative spellings

• skvåsj

Noun

squash m.

1. squash (fruit)
2. squash (sport)
3. squash (soft drink)

Inflection

    Inflection of squash

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	squash	squashen	squasher	squashene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from English squash

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skʋɔʂ/, X-SAMPA: /skPOs`/
• Rhymes: -ɔʂ

Alternative spellings

• skvåsj

Noun

squash m.

1. squash (fruit)
2. squash (sport)
3. squash (soft drink)

Inflection

    Inflection of squash

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk m	squash	squashen	squashar	squashane