squish

[skwish]

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verb (used with object)

to squeeze or squash.

verb (used without object)

(of water, soft mud, etc.) to make a gushing or splashing sound when walked in or on: The soaking wet sneakers squished as he walked.

noun

a squishing sound: the squish of footsteps on wet leaves.

Origin of squish

First recorded in 1640–50; alteration of squash¹

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Related Words for squish

scrunch, smash, pound, mash, crush, trample, jam, flatten, press, squeeze

Examples from the Web for squish

Contemporary Examples of squish

Matt Bevin is a Louisville businessman and Tea Party favorite who sees the five-term senator as a patsy and a squish.
The Republican Party Isn’t Conservative Enough
Jamelle Bouie
August 5, 2013
Yet disagree with Mr. Cruz on his filibuster strategy, and you are a "squish."
Why Does Ted Cruz Inspire Such Animosity?
David Frum
May 3, 2013
Those who do otherwise risk being called a “squish” and drummed out of the party.
More Sarah Palin Than Ronald Reagan: CPAC’s Paranoid Style
John Avlon
March 16, 2013
But sounding reasonable runs the risk of getting you labeled a squish by the RINO hunters these days.
Newt Gingrich: From GOP Intellectual to Pandering Hyper-Partisan
John Avlon
March 4, 2011
And if you're not on either, you're a squish—a Republican in Name Only, or RINO.
A Centrist Gets Fighting Mad
Mark McKinnon
October 13, 2010

Historical Examples of squish

You step out so gaily on the glittering grass, and then squish!
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
Israel Zangwill
Squish, squash echoed the milk in the great cylinder, but never arose the sound they waited for.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for squish

squish

verb

(tr) to crush, esp so as to make a soft splashing noise
(intr) (of mud, etc) to make a splashing noisethe ground squishes as you tread

noun

a soft squashing soundthe ripe peach fell with a squish

Word Origin for squish

C17: of imitative origin

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Word Origin and History for squish

1640s, probably a variant of squash (v.), perhaps by influence of obsolete squiss "to squeeze or crush" (1550s). Related: Squished; squishing.