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squelch Definition

squelch (skwelc̸h)

noun

  1. the sound of liquid, mud, slush, etc. moving under pressure or suction, as in wet shoes
  2. a crushed mass of something
  3. Informal the act of suppressing or silencing; esp., a crushing retort, answer, rebuke, etc.

Etymology: prob. echoic

transitive verb

  1. to crush or smash by or as by falling or stamping upon; squash
  2. Informal to suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect

intransitive verb

  1. to walk heavily, as through mud, making a sucking sound
  2. to make such a sound

squelch Related Forms
squelcher noun
squelch Synonyms

squelch

v.

squelch Usage Examples

Object

  • sound: My boots made a loud, horrible squelching sound with each step.
  • control: Set the volume control on the CB's front panel to approximately one-third and the squelch control to at least three quarters.
  • bass: There might be some big, fat, squelching analog bass on that particular track.
  • technology: Governments that try to squelch the new information technologies to protect their monopoly on power do so essentially at the peril of economic growth.
  • effect: PCB 98 tells of road trips and jellyfish stings, complete with squelching jellyfish sound effect.
  • circuit: Normal squelch circuits would lift, resulting in the controller hearing loud bursts of static noise.

Preposition: through

  • mud: In spring and summer we squelched through mud to reach our quarters, in winter through knee-deep snow.

Modifying Another Word

  • back: Squelching back, they meet Foley, who pretends not to know Peter, much to Peter's astonishment.
  • underfoot: The overnight rain lies in puddles on the road; the earth squelches softly underfoot.
  • quickly: Outside of one well-publicized ( and quickly squelched ) attempt in Belgium, no one has tried to formally indict Bush.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: Squelching up to the loco, I was treated with the same lack of surprise by the crew.
  • around: They even have weird synth noises squelching around in the back ground.
  • out: The next push came immediately, and the baby's body squelched out into the water.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • up: Now the worst part of these days, an hour squelching up the road back to the hostel.

Preposition: in

  • mud: D loves squelching in the mud & I worry he might fall over.

Browse dictionary entries near squelch

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  3. squeeze play
  4. squeeze bottle
  5. squeeze
  6. squeegee
  7. squeamish
  8. squeal
  9. squeaky-clean
  10. squeaker
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  5. squiffy
  6. squiggle
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  8. squill
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