"sqush" meaning in English

See sqush in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /skwʊʃ/, /skwʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sqush.wav Forms: squshes [present, singular, third-person], squshing [participle, present], squshed [participle, past], squshed [past]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ Etymology: Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb}} sqush (third-person singular simple present squshes, present participle squshing, simple past and past participle squshed)
  1. (intransitive, US, rare) To squash or squelch. Tags: US, intransitive, rare

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1909, Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls:",
          "text": "[…] it was little better than a swamp, and at every step their shoes went sqush […]",
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          "text": "[…] a \"throne\", something God can sit on without having it sqush […]",
          "type": "quote"
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