squish

See also squash

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skwɪʃ/

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  Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

squish (plural squishes)

1. A political moderate (derogatory term used by conservative activists in the 1980s)

Verb

squish (third-person singular simple present squishes, present participle squishing, simple past and past participle squished)

1. To squeeze, compress, or crush.

   The sandwich tasted fine, even though it got squished in his lunchbox.

Translations

To squeeze, compress, or crush

• Finnish: puristaa (fi), rutistaa (fi), liiskata (fi), musertaa (fi)
• French: écraser (fr)
• German: quetschen (de), zermatschen (de), zerquetschen (de)

• Turkish: ezmek (tr), pelte gibi yapmak (tr), peltemsi yapmak (tr), şap şap yürümek (tr), vıcık vıcık yerde yürümek (tr)

Derived terms

• squishy