transitive verb

1. 1. to squeeze or crush into a soft or flat mass
   2. to press or squeeze tightly or too tightly
2. to suppress or bring to an abrupt end; quash to squash a rebellion
3. Informal to silence or disconcert (another) in a crushing manner

Etymology: OFr esquasser < VL *exquassare < L ex-, intens. + quassus: see quash

intransitive verb

1. to be squashed, as by a heavy fall, pressure, etc.
2. to make a sound of squashing or splashing
3. to force one's way; crowd; squeeze

noun

1. something squashed; crushed mass
2. a squashing or being squashed
3. the sound of squashing
4. either of two similar games combining elements of both tennis and handball; specif.,
   1. one played in a four-walled court with a small, long-handled racket and a small rubber ball
      in full squash racquets
   2. one played in a similar court, but with a larger racket and a larger, livelier ball
      in full squash tennis
5. Brit. a drink made of sweetened fruit juice or fruit-flavored syrup diluted with water lemon squash

adverb

1. so as to squash
2. with a squashing sound

noun

1. the fleshy fruit of any of various plants (genus Cucurbita) of the gourd family, eaten as a vegetable
2. a plant, usually a vine, bearing this fruit

Etymology: shortened < isquoutersquashes, squontersquashes, pl. < S New England Algonquian: cf. Narragansett askútasquash, pl.