adjective
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easily squashed; pulpy
a squashy peach
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soft and wet; marshy
squashy ground
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having a squashed appearance
a squashy face
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Origin of squashy
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You catch some of his maverick character in the small 1830 graphite portrait by Bendz: in the disheveled collar, the squashy fez, the pipe extending casually from his lips.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
“What I really like about Lincoln is that there is such a lot of him — Not mere flabby flesh and squashy pulp, but regular downright grit.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022
By ditching the usual pumpkin pie spice, you can appreciate pumpkin's squashy flavor even more.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
Prue suggests he'd be on a motorbike and would "have a squashy middle".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2018
“Sure. Brown is warm. I miss brown. Everything that’s supposed to be brown — tree trunks, rocks, dirt — is all covered up with squashy green stuff here,” I complained.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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