squish

/skwiʃ/
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squish

The child loves to squish the mud between his toes.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A soft, wet, squelching sound: The noise produced when something soft and wet is compressed, stepped on, or crushed.

  2. Verb:

    • To crush or squeeze something soft, making it flat and often producing a wet sound: To apply pressure so that a soft, moist, or semi-liquid substance yields and changes shape.
    • To move through soft, wet ground with a squelching sound: To walk in a way that produces a soft, sucking noise, typically in mud or mire.
Usage and Examples

  • Noun:

    • The squish of the wet sponge was satisfying.
    • We heard the squish of mud under our boots.

  • Verb (to crush or squeeze):

    • Be careful not to squish the ripe tomatoes.
    • The child squished the clay between his fingers.

  • Verb (to walk through mud/mire):

    • We had to squish through the swamp after the rain.
    • Her shoes squished with every step in the bog.
Advanced Usage

  • Onomatopoeic Use: "Squish" is often used as an onomatopoeia, directly imitating the sound it describes.

    • The frog jumped, and I heard a soft "squish" as it landed in the puddle.

  • Figurative Use (Informal): Can describe overwhelming or compressing something, often feelings or people in a tight space.

    • The crowded bus made everyone feel squished together.
    • She tried to squish her excitement.
Variants and Related Words
  • Squishy (adj): Soft, moist, and yielding easily to pressure.
    • The squishy pillow was very comfortable.
  • Squishiness (n): The quality of being squishy.
Synonyms
  • Verb (crush): Squash, crush, mash, pulp.
  • Verb (walk through mud): Splosh, slosh, squelch, trudge.
  • Noun (sound): Squelch, plop, splash.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
  • Squish up against: To press or be pressed tightly against something.
    • We all squished up against the wall to let them pass.
Related Idioms
  • (There is) No direct common idiom with "squish" as the key word. The word is typically used in its literal senses.
squish

The child loves to squish the mud between his toes.

Noun
  1. the noise of soft mud being walked on
Verb
  1. put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action
  2. walk through mud or mire
    • We had to splosh across the wet meadow

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