squash
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle English squachen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”).
Noun
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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[1]:
- 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.
- (British) 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.
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
- (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 (2014 August 18) “WWE SummerSlam 2014: How Twitter reacted to John Cena vs Brock Lesnar”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 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 (2014 August 18) “WWE SummerSlam 2014: How Twitter reacted to John Cena vs Brock Lesnar”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], The Independent, retrieved 30 July 2015
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:squash.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
The sport
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soft drink — see cordial
See also
Verb
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- (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.
Synonyms
- (to compress): condense, press; see also Thesaurus:compress
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:squash.
Derived terms
Translations
to beat or press into pulp or flat mass
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to compress
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Etymology 2
Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) + asquash (“eaten”).[1]
Noun
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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(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
- Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
- Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
- (botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), calabash, long-neck squash.
- (cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
- We ate squash and green beans.
Derived terms
- opo squash (Lagenaria spp.)
- squash beetle(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- summer squash
- winter squash
Hyponyms
Translations
plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita
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Etymology 3
Noun
squash (plural squashes)
- (obsolete, countable) Muskrat.
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- The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.
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Further reading
- “squash”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
squash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “squash”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
squash
Declension
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 | |
abessive | squashitta | squasheitta | |
instructive | — | squashein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- “squash”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
squash m
Inflection
Inflection of squash
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
squash m
Inflection
Inflection of squash
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
squash m inan
- squash (sport)
Declension
Declension of squash
Further reading
- squash in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Template:R:PWN
Portuguese
Noun
squash m (uncountable)
- squash (sport)
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