ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Squish

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /skwɪʃ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Squish is a noun meaning (countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.

Meaning

(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.

More Meanings

  1. (countable, politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate.
  2. (uncountable, UK, slang, archaic) Marmalade.
  3. (transitive, informal) To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
  4. (intransitive, informal) To be compressed or squeezed.
  5. (slang) A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.

Example Sentences

The sandwich tasted fine, even though it had got squished in his lunchbox.
Rather than squishing everything into a tiny window, I have shown only part of my app.
Alex reached the bottom and Grant heard a squish as she landed in the mud on the bottom of the river.
Some conservatives think that in the long run, the party will be better off without squishes like Specter […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for squish

Depending on context, synonyms include condense, squash, squelch, slosh, splash, slop.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include splash, splosh, slosh, squelch, slop, mash.

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