squash
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /skwɒʃ/
- (US) IPA(key): /skwɔʃ/
- (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /skwɑʃ/
- (rural US, intrusive r) IPA(key): /skwɔɹʃ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒʃ
Etymology 1[edit]
From 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).
Noun[edit]

squash (countable and uncountable, plural squashes)
- (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[2]:
- Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
- (Britain) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
- 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4:
- Sure. I pour hot squash all over myself and we all have a good chuckle. Everyone except Muggins here.
- When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
- 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4:
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
- (biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.[1]
- Synonym: smear
- (obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
- (obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
- (obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
- (slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
- Orr, James (18 August 2014), “WWE SummerSlam 2014: How Twitter reacted to John Cena vs Brock Lesnar”, in (please provide the title of the work)[3], The Independent, retrieved 30 July 2015
- It was one of the most shocking WWE title matches ever witnessed, and effectively a 20-minute squash match as Brock Lesnar "conquered" his opponent.
- Orr, James (18 August 2014), “WWE SummerSlam 2014: How Twitter reacted to John Cena vs Brock Lesnar”, in (please provide the title of the work)[3], The Independent, retrieved 30 July 2015
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:squash.
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Verb[edit]
squash (third-person singular simple present squashes, present participle squashing, simple past and past participle squashed)
- (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
- (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.
- (transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.
- 2006, Chris Rodda, Liars for Jesus, →ISBN, page 390:
- A somewhat popular myth about the Whiskey Rebellion is that Washington personally led the troops into western Pennsylvania and squashed the rebellion.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:squash.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to compress): condense, press; see also Thesaurus:compress
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Etymology 2[edit]
Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) + asquash (“eaten”).[2]
Noun[edit]

squash (countable and uncountable, plural squash or squashes)
- (botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
- Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
- Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
- Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
- (botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- (cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
- We ate squash and green beans.
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Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
squash (plural squashes)
- (obsolete, countable) Muskrat.
- 1705, William Dampier, A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World
- The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.
- 1705, William Dampier, A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World
Further reading[edit]
- squash at OneLook Dictionary Search
squash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References[edit]
- ^ Edwin Benzel Steen, Dictionary of Biology, New York: Barnes & Noble, 1971.[1]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “squash”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Czech[edit]
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squash m
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Further reading[edit]
- squash in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Finnish[edit]
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squash
Declension[edit]
Inflection of squash (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | squash | squashit | |
genitive | squashin | squashien | |
partitive | squashia | squasheja | |
illative | squashiin | squasheihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | squash | squashit | |
accusative | nom. | squash | squashit |
gen. | squashin | ||
genitive | squashin | squashien | |
partitive | squashia | squasheja | |
inessive | squashissa | squasheissa | |
elative | squashista | squasheista | |
illative | squashiin | squasheihin | |
adessive | squashilla | squasheilla | |
ablative | squashilta | squasheilta | |
allative | squashille | squasheille | |
essive | squashina | squasheina | |
translative | squashiksi | squasheiksi | |
instructive | — | squashein | |
abessive | squashitta | squasheitta | |
comitative | — | squasheineen |
Possessive forms of squash (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | squashini | squashimme |
2nd person | squashisi | squashinne |
3rd person | squashinsa |
French[edit]
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squash m (plural squashs)
- (sports) (uncountable) squash
- Jouer au squash.
- squash game
- On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui.
- squash court
- La ville a construit trois squashs municipaux.
Further reading[edit]
- “squash”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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squash m (definite singular squashen, indefinite plural squasher, definite plural squashene)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
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squash m (definite singular squashen, indefinite plural squashar, definite plural squashane)
Polish[edit]
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Noun[edit]
squash m inan
- squash (sport)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- squash in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- squash in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English squash.
Noun[edit]
squash m (uncountable)
- squash (sport)
Further reading[edit]
- “squash” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Slovak[edit]
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squash m (genitive singular squashu, declension pattern of stroj)
- squash (sport)
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Further reading[edit]
- squash in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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