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Definition of Squish

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

2. Noun. The noise of soft mud being walked on.

3. Verb. Put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action. "The women squish water into the bowl"

Definition of Squish

1. Noun. A political moderate (derogatory term used by conservative activists in the 1980s) ¹

2. Verb. To squeeze, compress, or crush. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squish

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squish

squirrely squirring squirrs squirt squirt gun squirt guns squirted squirters squirting squirting cucumber

squirting cucumbers squirts squirty squiry squish (current term) squishable squished squisher squishers squishes

squishier squishiest squishily squishiness squishinesses squishing squishingly squishy

Literary usage of Squish

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

1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1912)
"... with a but he knew it must be cold and stern, likewise flew from under him. He came He had not dared to catch his son's eye, dire squish. ..."

2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"curioso; squish ч. raro, delicate ; esatto : — piece of work, capo d' opera, m. -ly, ADV. : curiosamente ; con esattezza, con arte, -ness = curiosity. ..."

3. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"squish, squish, squish . . . holding his pants up with one hand and holding his wet jacket in the other, Sherman shuffled through the gate. ..."

4. Cinderella's Crunchy Christmas Cake: A Play in One Act by Lindsay Price (2003)
"... Then you take the berries and you squish 'em You squish 'em, you squish 'em, squish 'em, squish 'em ..."

5. The A. E. F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces by Heywood Broun (1918)
"Feet came down squish, squish, squish. There was also the sound of the wind. That wasn't very cheerful, either, for it was rising and beginning to moan a ..."

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