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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SQUELCH, SQUELSH, v.t. To crush. [A low word and not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a crushing remark [syn: put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown]
2: an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise [syn: squelch circuit, squelch, squelcher] v
1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: squelch, quell, quench]
2: make a sucking sound
3: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop]
4: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1624 transitive verb 1. a. to fall or stamp on so as to crush b. (1) to completely suppress ; quell <squelch resistance> (2) silence <squelched the protesters> 2. to emit or move with a sucking sound intransitive verb 1. to emit a sucking sound 2. to splash through water, slush, or mire • squelcher noun II. noun Date: 1895 1. a sound of or as if of semiliquid matter under suction <the squelch of mud> 2. the act of suppressing; especially a retort that silences an opponent • squelchy adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a make a sucking sound as of treading in thick mud. b move with a squelching sound. 2 tr. a disconcert, silence. b stamp on, crush flat, put an end to. --n. an instance of squelching. Derivatives: squelcher n. squelchy adj. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Squelch Squelch, v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch.] 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. He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching as he walked. --P. L. Ford. A crazy old collier squelching along under squared yards. --W. C. Russell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Squelch Squelch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squelched; p. pr. & vb. n. Squelching.] [Cf. prov. E. quelch a blow, and quel to crush, to kill.] To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.] Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. & Fl. If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Squelch Squelch, n. A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. [Colloq.] --Hudibras.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(squelches, squelching, squelched) To squelch means to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walking on wet, muddy ground. He squelched across the turf... VERB: V prep/adv

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A fall. Formerly a bailiff caught in a barrack- yard in Ireland, was liable by custom to have three tosses in a blanket, and a squelch; the squelch was given by letting go the corners of the blanket, and suffering him to fall to the ground. Squelch-gutted; fat, having a prominent belly.

Moby Thesaurus

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