squelch
verb /skweltʃ/
/skweltʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they squelch | /skweltʃ/ /skweltʃ/ |
| he / she / it squelches | /ˈskweltʃɪz/ /ˈskweltʃɪz/ |
| past simple squelched | /skweltʃt/ /skweltʃt/ |
| past participle squelched | /skweltʃt/ /skweltʃt/ |
| -ing form squelching | /ˈskweltʃɪŋ/ /ˈskweltʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to make a quiet sound by pressing something soft and wet
- The mud squelched as I walked through it.
- Her wet shoes squelched at every step.
- We squelched across the muddy field.
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- [transitive] squelch something (North American English) to stop something from growing, increasing or developing synonym quash (2), squash (3)
- to squelch a rumor
- to squelch dissent/competition
Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally denoting a heavy crushing fall on to something soft): imitative.