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▪ I. squish, n.|skwɪʃ|
[f. the vb.]
1. University slang. Marmalade.
1874Slang Dict. 307 Squish, common term among University men for marmalade. 1900G. Swift Somerley 114 That finale of all college breakfasts and lunches, ‘squish’, otherwise known as marmalade.
2. A squishing sound.
1902J. C. Snaith Wayfarers xvi, The only sound from the great darkness that covered the land was the squish of the water under our feet.
3. Engin. In some internal-combustion engines, the forced radial flow of mixture from the cylinder into the combustion chamber as the piston approaches the cylinder head at the end of a stroke. Freq. attrib.
1934Proc. Inst. Mech. Engineers CXXVIII. 155 Satisfactory mixing was brought about largely by the ‘squish’. 1953Proc. Inst. Mech. Engineers: Automobile Division 1951–2 103/2 Since squish occurs late in the compression stroke, it is not likely to affect maximum-power spark timing. 1957Encycl. Brit. XII. 505/1 The squish turbulence..feeds most of the charge that would otherwise have been last to burn into the flame front. 1979R. H. Warring Know Your Model Aero Engines xii. 72 With a squish head, the outer section of the head is flat, with a smaller hemispherical combustion chamber in the middle.
Add:4. Linguistics. A continuum or linear progression held to exist between categories (esp. parts of speech) normally considered discrete.
1972J. R. Ross in Proc. 8th Regional Meeting Chicago Linguistic Soc. 317 To show that a squish exists, I will cite a number of grammatical processes which work most for verbs, less for adjectives, and least for nouns. 1976Language LII. 392 We have a gradience or squish depending on two hierarchies. 1988Amer. Speech LXIII. 342 Some hitherto common count nouns will move into the title category, or at least further towards the titleness end of the squish.
▪ II. squish, v.|skwɪʃ|
[Imitative: cf. squish-squash. In sense 1 perh. a modified form of squiss v. or squize v.]
1. trans. To squeeze, to squash. Now dial. and colloq.
1647Hexham i, To Squise or squish, wrijven. 1888–in dial. glossaries, etc. (Berks., Glouc., Hamps.). 1976D. Heffron Crusty Crossed ix. 69 We squished our teeth into the berries in our mouths to stop giggling. 1977G. Durrell Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons v. 129 He [sc. an octopus] had wedged himself, or rather squished himself, into a small crevice.
2. a. intr. Of water, soft mud, etc.: To give out a peculiar gushing or splashing sound when walked in or on; to gush up, squirt out, with such a sound.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia s.v., The water squishes under our feet in the grass, if it be walked on too soon after rain. 1861C. M. Yonge Young Step-Mother iii, She had made but few steps before the water squished under her feet. 1892‘Q.’ (Quiller Couch) I saw three Ships 35 The water in her shoes squishing at every step.
b. Of a person, etc.: to proceed or make one's way with a squishing sound. colloq.
1952Sun (Baltimore) 9 July 30/4 (caption) Soaked to the point of not caring, this waterlogged pedestrian squishes his way across a downtown street. 1963M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited iii. 40 We squished down a rutted lane. 1965F. Knebel Night of Camp David ii. 50 Tires squishing through the slush and spraying muddy water from little pools at the edge of the pavement. 1978Chicago June 72/2 The highlight of Day is to squish around in the foam spread in a contained area by the Village Fire Department.
Hence ˈsquishing vbl. n.
1647Hexham i, A squising or squishing together. Ibid., A squising or squishing out. |