sqush
/skwʊʃ/
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Northern Ireland/skwʉʃ/
sqush verb: to squash or squish.
Verb
sqush (third-person singular simple present squshes, present participle squshing, simple past and past participle squshed)
- To squash or squish.
- Blamed if the king didn't have to brace up mighty quick, or he'd a squshed down like a bluff bank that the river has cut under, it took him so sudden.1885, Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
- […] it was little better than a swamp, and at every step their shoes went sqush […]1909, Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls
Noun
sqush (plural squshes)
- A squashing or squishing sound.
Interjection
- A squashing or squishing sound.
Examples of sqush in a sentence
- His feet squshed in the water as he went […] He tip-toed upstairs his wet shoes still squshing a little.1939, Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun, page 12:
- […] a "throne", something God can sit on without having it sqush […]1965, Ezra Pound, The Cantos:
Forms of sqush
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | squshes |
| present participle | squshing |
| past participle | squshed |
| past | squshed |
| alternative form | squush |
| Noun | |
| plural | squshes |
Origin of sqush
Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish.
Words formed from sqush
Words that rhyme with sqush
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Questions about sqush
- What does sqush mean?
- Sqush means to squash or squish.
- How do you use sqush in a sentence?
- His feet squshed in the water as he went […] He tip-toed upstairs his wet shoes still squshing a little.
- What part of speech is sqush?
- Sqush can be a verb, a noun or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce sqush?
- Sqush is pronounced /skwʊʃ/.
- What is the past tense of sqush?
- The past tense of sqush is squshed.
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