"squush" meaning in English

See squush in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /skwʊʃ/, /skwʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sqush.wav Forms: sqush [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ Etymology: Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|en}} Onomatopoeic
  1. A squashing or squishing sound.
    Sense id: en-squush-en-intj-bzYAAiEb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 32 30 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 39 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 38 23

Noun

IPA: /skwʊʃ/, /skwʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sqush.wav Forms: squushes [plural], sqush [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ Etymology: Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} squush (plural squushes)
  1. A squashing or squishing sound.
    Sense id: en-squush-en-noun-bzYAAiEb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 32 30 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 39 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 38 23

Verb

IPA: /skwʊʃ/, /skwʉʃ/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sqush.wav Forms: squushes [present, singular, third-person], squushing [participle, present], squushed [participle, past], squushed [past], sqush [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊʃ Etymology: Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb}} squush (third-person singular simple present squushes, present participle squushing, simple past and past participle squushed)
  1. (intransitive, US, rare) To squash or squish. Tags: US, intransitive, rare Derived forms: squushy
    Sense id: en-squush-en-verb-eMJvrZR7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 32 30 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 39 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 38 23

Inflected forms

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