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quelch

quelch verb: to squelch; to eliminate.

Verb

quelch (third-person singular simple present quelches, present participle quelching, simple past and past participle quelched)

  1. (transitive) To squelch; to eliminate.
    • We are proud to have had a part in quelching the evil ideologies that brought so much suffering to mankind.2013, Col. John H. Roush, Jr., World War II Reminiscences, page 450
  2. (dialectal, intransitive) To make a squelching sound.

Noun

quelch (plural quelches)

  1. (dialectal) A blow; a bang.

Forms of quelch

Verb
third-person singular presentquelches
present participlequelching
past participlequelched
pastquelched
Noun
pluralquelches

Origin of quelch

Alteration of squelch, perhaps influenced in form by quench.

Questions about quelch

What does quelch mean?
Quelch means to squelch; to eliminate.
What part of speech is quelch?
Quelch can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of quelch?
The past tense of quelch is quelched.

Words near quelch in the dictionary

  1. Quek
  2. Quekchi
  3. Quekett
  4. quel surprise
  5. quelbe
  6. quelch
  7. quelched
  8. quelches
  9. quelching
  10. quelea
  11. queleas

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