squshv.
/skwʌʃ/ U.S. colloquial and dialect. rare.
a. intransitive. To collapse into a soft, pulpy mass.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [verb (intransitive)] > become pulpy
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse > into a soft mass
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1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxix. 256 He'd a squshed down like a bluff bank that the river has cut under.
1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill lxxxviii. 41 Belascio or Topaze, and not have it sqush, a ‘throne’, something God can sit on without having it sqush.
b. To squelch, squeeze messily.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > squelch
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > through or over obstacles > squeeze messily
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1929 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 592/1 I..‘squshed’ through many a weary mile of mud.
1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley xix. 249 He could take off his shoes and walk around in the mud and let the mud ooze and sqush between his toes.
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