Past tense of squash
regular verb
The past tense of squash is squashed. The past participle is also squashed.
Forms of squash
| Base form (V1) | squash /skwɒʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | squashed |
| Past participle (V3) | squashed |
| Present participle | squashing |
| Third person singular | squashes |
Squashed in a sentence
- Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
- A somewhat popular myth about the Whiskey Rebellion is that Washington personally led the troops into western Pennsylvania and squashed the rebellion.2006, Chris Rodda, Liars for Jesus, →ISBN, page 390
- My half-orc barbarian reached fifth level before he was squashed by a troll.From the entry level
- The frog got a bit squashed between the ball and the handle of the catty.2017, David Cooper, Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared. From the entry catty
- The effect of complaining had varying emotional effects from relief “to a feeling of being squashed”.2016 February 7, Nick Clark, “Manual Labours: The Complaining Body: Exhibition explores the fine arts of moaning and listening”, in The…. From the entry finger pointing
Meaning of squash
- noun A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- noun A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
- noun A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
Questions about the past tense of squash
- What is the past tense of squash?
- The past tense of squash is squashed.
- What is the past participle of squash?
- The past participle of squash is squashed.
- Is squash a regular or irregular verb?
- Squash is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: squash (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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