"squishy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈskwɪʃi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squishy.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-squishy.wav Forms: squishier [comparative], more squishy [comparative], squishiest [superlative], most squishy [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃi Etymology: From squish + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|squish|y}} squish + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} squishy (comparative squishier or more squishy, superlative squishiest or most squishy)
  1. (literally, of a physical material) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-squishy-en-adj-vAqns6bD
  2. (literally, of a physical material) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.
    (especially) Soft and wet.
    Tags: especially, literally
    Sense id: en-squishy-en-adj-juSQ14VS
  3. (figuratively)
    Subjective or vague.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-squishy-en-adj-C8H-CoL-
  4. (figuratively)
    (politics, colloquial, derogatory) Politically moderate.
    Tags: colloquial, derogatory, figuratively Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-squishy-en-adj-McuiR0IX Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: squishie [noun] Derived forms: squishiness Translations ((of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud): 濕軟 (Chinese Mandarin), 湿软 (shīruǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), blátivý (Czech), naměklý (Czech), měkký (Czech), vetelä (Finnish), lötkö (Finnish), löysä (Finnish), veltto (Finnish), mou (French), spongieux (French), visqueux (French), weichlich (German), nachgebend (German), watschig (German), pratschig (German), matschig (German), schwabbelig (German), tāhōhō (Maori), tāromiromi (Maori), mole (Portuguese), macio (Portuguese), пода́тливый (podátlivyj) (Russian), blando [masculine] (Spanish), fofo [masculine] (Spanish), esponjoso [masculine] (Spanish), bofo [masculine] (Spanish), fungoso [masculine] (Spanish), geggig (Swedish)
Disambiguation of '(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud': 49 49 1 0

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskwɪʃi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squishy.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-squishy.wav Forms: squishies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃi Etymology: From squish + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|squish|y}} squish + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} squishy (plural squishies)
  1. (colloquial) A squeezable stress reliever, especially one made of foam. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-squishy-en-noun-UMP0JsJD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 3 7 45 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 17 8 8 36 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 21 8 3 43 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 5 2 44 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 3 2 45 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 16 15 6 36 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 16 12 7 37 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 17 9 5 42 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 18 9 8 37 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 17 13 7 37 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 18 12 6 35 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 16 12 12 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 17 7 6 41 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 18 6 5 46 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 18 11 7 35 11
  2. (slang) A term of endearment. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-squishy-en-noun-cIMEVBWY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: squishie [noun]

Inflected forms

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          "text": "How does the media love Twitter? Let us count the ways: as a tech platform practically indispensable to the work of newsgathering; as a metrics system designating clear numerical value to once-squishy concepts of popularity and esteem; as a gossip-fueled lunchroom of the elites more or less available for public participation; as an arena for duking out industry controversies ranging from #MeToo to opinions about opinion pages.",
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      "word": "濕軟"
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      "word": "湿软"
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      "word": "blátivý"
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      "word": "vetelä"
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      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "löysä"
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      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "mou"
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      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "spongieux"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "visqueux"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "weichlich"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "nachgebend"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "watschig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "pratschig"
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      "word": "schwabbelig"
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      "word": "tāhōhō"
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      "word": "tāromiromi"
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      "word": "mole"
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      "word": "macio"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "podátlivyj",
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      "word": "пода́тливый"
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      "word": "blando"
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      "word": "fungoso"
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      "_dis1": "49 49 1 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "geggig"
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        "Yielding easily to pressure; very soft."
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        "(literally, of a physical material) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft."
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          "ref": "2009, Jamie Carie, Wind Dancer, B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 144:",
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        "(literally, of a physical material) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.",
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          "ref": "April 14 2022, Delia Cai, “Severance, the New York Times’s Twitter Guidelines, and the Forever Illusion of Work-Life Balance”, in Vanity Fair:",
          "text": "How does the media love Twitter? Let us count the ways: as a tech platform practically indispensable to the work of newsgathering; as a metrics system designating clear numerical value to once-squishy concepts of popularity and esteem; as a gossip-fueled lunchroom of the elites more or less available for public participation; as an arena for duking out industry controversies ranging from #MeToo to opinions about opinion pages.",
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        "(figuratively)",
        "(politics, colloquial, derogatory) Politically moderate."
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        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "figuratively"
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        "government",
        "politics"
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      "ipa": "/ˈskwɪʃi/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪʃi"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
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      "word": "squishie"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "濕軟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīruǎn",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "湿软"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "blátivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "naměklý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "měkký"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "vetelä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "lötkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "löysä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "veltto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "mou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "spongieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "visqueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "weichlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "nachgebend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "watschig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "pratschig"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "matschig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "schwabbelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "tāhōhō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "tāromiromi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "mole"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "macio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podátlivyj",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "пода́тливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blando"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fofo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esponjoso"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fungoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(of an object or substance) yielding easily to pressure; very soft; especially, soft and wet, as mud",
      "word": "geggig"
    }
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}

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "A squeezable stress reliever, especially one made of foam."
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        "(slang) A term of endearment."
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