squish

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of squash, influenced by obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Scots squische, squies (“to crush, squeeze”). Compare also Old Occitan esquichar (“to squeeze, squish”). See also squeeze, squelch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwɪʃ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

squish (plural squishes)

1. The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
2. (politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate (term used by conservative activists in the 1980s).

Verb

squish (third-person singular simple present squishes, present participle squishing, simple past and past participle squished)

1. To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).

   The sandwich tasted fine, even though it got squished in his lunchbox.

   • 2012, Adam Freeman, Windows 8 Apps Revealed Using XAML and C# (page 74)

     Rather than squishing everything into a tiny window, I have shown only part of my app.