to press or squeeze or be pressed or squeezed in or down so as to crush, distort, or pulp
2. (transitive)
to suppress or overcome
3. (transitive)
to humiliate or crush (a person), esp with a disconcerting retort
4. (intransitive)
to make a sucking, splashing, or squelching sound
5. (often foll byin or into)
to enter or insert in a confined space
noun
6. British
a still drink made from fruit juice or fruit syrup diluted with water
7.
a crush, esp of people in a confined space
8.
something that is squashed
9.
the act or sound of squashing or the state of being squashed
10. Also called: squash rackets, squash racquets
a game for two or four players played in an enclosed court with a small rubber ball and light long-handled rackets. The ball may be hit against any of the walls but must hit the facing wall at a point above a horizontal line
See also rackets
11. Also called: squash tennis
a similar game played with larger rackets and a larger pneumatic ball
Derived forms
squasher (ˈsquasher)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Old French esquasser, from Vulgar Latin exquassāre (unattested), from Latin ex-1 + quassāre to shatter