Squelch definition
(informal) The act of suppressing or silencing; esp., a crushing retort, answer, rebuke, etc.
noun
(archaic) To crush by trampling.
verb
To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.
verb
A squishing sound.
noun
An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.
noun
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To crush or smash by or as by falling or stamping upon; squash.
verb
To suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect.
verb
To walk heavily, as through mud, making a sucking sound.
verb
To make such a sound.
verb
(US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
Even the king's announcement could not squelch the rumors.
verb
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(intransitive, UK) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
verb
(intransitive, UK) To walk or step through a substance such as mud.
The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.
verb
A squelching sound.
noun
To subdue forcibly.
Squelch a revolt.
verb
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To inhibit or suppress.
Squelch a rumor; squelch one's anger.
verb
The definition of a squelch is slang for a remark that stops conversation.
An example of a squelch is when someone says something very unkind about the people having a spirited discussion.
noun
Squelch is defined as to press with force, or to quiet or stop by force.
An example of squelch is to squish mud under your shoes.
An example of squelch is to stop a protest with weapons.
verb
The sound of liquid, mud, slush, etc. moving under pressure or suction, as in wet shoes.
noun
A crushed mass of something.
noun
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Origin of squelch
- Probably imitative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition