Lexic.us

Definition of Squelch

1. Verb. Suppress or crush completely. "Quench a rebellion"

2. Noun. A crushing remark.

3. Verb. Make a sucking sound.

4. Noun. An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise.

5. Verb. Walk through mud or mire. "They squelch down the river "; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

6. Verb. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. "Squeeze a lemon"

Definition of Squelch

1. v. t. To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

2. n. A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.

3. v. i. To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; also, to move with such a sound.

Definition of Squelch

1. Verb. (transitive US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force ¹

2. Verb. (transitive radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of your receiver. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive British) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive British) to walk or step through a substance such as mud ¹

5. Noun. A squelching sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squelch

1. to squash [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: squash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squelch

squeezes in squeezes out squeezest squeezeth squeezier squeezing squeezing in squeezing out squeezy squeg

squegged squegger squeggers squegging squegs squelch (current term) squelch circuit squelched squelcher squelchers

squelches squelchier squelchiest squelchiness squelching squelchingly squelchy squeteague squeteagues squewiff

Literary usage of Squelch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"To 'go squelch' or 'go a squelch ' is used to express the usual result to a ... A coom squelch o' the belfry flure, an' onybody'd 'a tho t as a'd 'a bin ..."

2. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"To ' go squelch' or ' go a squelch ' is used to express the usual result to a ... A coom squelch o' the belfry flure, an' onybody'd 'a tho't as a'd 'a bin ..."

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