squash
transitive verb
- to squeeze or crush into a soft or flat mass
- to press or squeeze tightly or too tightly
- to suppress or bring to an abrupt end; quash: to squash a rebellion
- Informal to silence or disconcert (another) in a crushing manner
intransitive verb
- to be squashed, as by a heavy fall, pressure, etc.
- to make a sound of squashing or splashing
- to force one's way; crowd; squeeze
noun
- something squashed; crushed mass
- a squashing or being squashed
- the sound of squashing
- either of two similar games combining elements of both tennis and handball; specif.,
- one played in a four-walled court with a small, long-handled racket and a small rubber ball
- one played in a similar court, but with a larger racket and a larger, livelier ball
- Brit. a drink made of sweetened fruit juice or fruit-flavored syrup diluted with water: lemon squash
adverb
- so as to squash
- with a squashing sound
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noun
- the fleshy fruit of any of various plants (genus Cucurbita) of the gourd family, eaten as a vegetable
- a plant, usually a vine, bearing this fruit
See squash in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(skwŏsh, skwôsh)
noun- Any of various tendril-bearing plants of the genus Cucurbita, having fleshy edible fruit with a leathery rind and unisexual flowers.
- The fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable.
(skwŏsh, skwôsh)
verb squashed,
squash·ing,
squash·es verb, transitive- To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush. See Synonyms at crush.
- To put down or suppress; quash: squash a revolt.
- To silence or fluster, as with crushing words: squash a heckler.
verb, intransitive- To become crushed, flattened, or pulpy, as by pressure or impact.
- To move with a splashing or sucking sound, as when walking through boggy ground.
nouna. The act or sound of squashing.
b. The fact or condition of being squashed.
- A crushed or crowded mass: a squash of people.
- Sports A racket game played in a closed walled court with a rubber ball.
- Chiefly British A citrus-based soft drink.
adverb With a squashing sound.
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