Sasquatch
noun
Sasquatch
American
[sos-kwoch, sas-kwach]
/ ˈsɒs kwɒtʃ, ˈsæs kwætʃ /
noun
sasquatch
British
/ ˈsæsˌkwætʃ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sasquatch
First recorded in 1925–30, Sasquatch is from the Mainland Halkomelem word sέsq̉əc
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He later claimed the girl was taken forcibly by Sasquatch, who was never brought in for questioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
A self-anointed “amateur primatologist” who has given talks about the evidence for the existence of Sasquatch, Saxon leaned into real-life primates for his design, primarily the endangered golden snub-nosed monkey found in remote Chinese mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
In Skamania County, harming a Sasquatch carries of fine of $1,000 and one year in prison.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
Democrats and Republicans are equally likely to believe that creatures known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch exist in the woods of the Pacific Northwest.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2024
I turned around in my chair and yelled at the CO, this big-ass dude everybody calls Sasquatch.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
The sasquatch do speak, but only in unsubtitled Sasquatchian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Did you hear about the sasquatch in Central Park?
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
“I’m something of an expert on elusive creatures,” a man dressed as sasquatch intones in the spot.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
I had a new perspective: Maybe the rustling in the trees wasn’t sasquatch, but it was worth investigating.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2021
Someone in California has made off with a replica of the celebrated sasquatch.
From Fox News ● Nov. 12, 2020
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