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squashy

American  
[skwosh-ee, skwaw-shee] / ˈskwɒʃ i, ˈskwɔ ʃi /

adjective

squashier, squashiest
  1. easily squashed; pulpy.

  2. soft and wet, as the ground after rain.

  3. having a squashed appearance.


squashy British  
/ ˈskwɒʃɪ /

adjective

  1. easily squashed; pulpy

    a squashy peach

  2. soft and wet; marshy

    squashy ground

  3. having a squashed appearance

    a squashy face

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of squashy

First recorded in 1690–1700; squash 1 + -y 1

Example Sentences

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Squashy pomposities, Shocked at our violence, Let not one tactful hiss Break her new silence!

From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Benét, Stephen Vincent

A despatch boat of the Italian navy has picked up at sea an English sailor on a spar, the last of the crew of the American barque Squashy commanded by a Captain Dodge.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

"Squashy Creek" was suggested as a name at once more descriptive and appropriate.

From Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life by King, Charles

Comin' back I had the giraffe; they're slow travellers, and Squashy is lame.

From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various

When Jim McColloh says to me, 'There's old Squashy; gets on to his tears worse than ever; you can have him for twenty dollars if you want him.'

From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various