squelch

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noun

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.

verb

Squelch is defined as to press with force, or to quiet or stop by force.
1. An example of squelch is to squish mud under your shoes.
2. An example of squelch is to stop a protest with weapons.

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squelch

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

Origin of squelch

probably echoic

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

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

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squelch

verb

squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es

verb

transitive

To subdue forcibly: squelch a revolt.
To inhibit or suppress: squelch a rumor; squelch one's anger.
Archaic To crush by trampling.

verb

intransitive

To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.

noun

A squishing sound.
An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.

Origin of squelch

Probably imitative

Related Forms:

squelch′er
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present squelches, present participle squelching, simple past and past participle squelched)

(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.
(radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of your receiver.
(intransitive, UK) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
(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.

Noun

(plural squelches)