squelchyadj.
/ˈskwɛltʃi/, /ˈskwɛlʃi/, U.S. /ˈskwɛltʃi/ 1. Liable to squelch or to emit a squelching sound. Cf. squelching adj. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > squelching
squelchy1843
squishy1847
squitchy1851
squelching1869
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and moist
bloatc1300
relented?1440
sposhy1842
squelchy1843
givey1859
1843 G. P. R. James Commissioner 48 The peer was seen struggling to raise the squelchy rotundity of his abdomen over the wall.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 153 It is to be remembered that the squelchy stomachs, as I have called them,..of many neurasthenics may be taken for dilated organs.
1914 R. Brooke Let. Feb. in E. Marsh Rupert Brooke (1918) 108 Great squelchy tropical fruits, custard-apples, papaia, pomegranate,..and the rest.
1928 Daily Express 12 June 10/5 What Will Woman Do Next?.. Start an agitation, I shouldn't wonder, for the suppression of the word ‘women’. Sober and dignified once.., the over-work of the last ten years has made a sickening, squelchy mess of it.
2. Of sounds: = squelching adj. 3.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > squelching > of sounds
oozy1843
squelching1881
squelchy1897
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 475 Squelchy sounds on manipulation are not certain signs of ectasis.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 1/3 At each stamp his shoes had made a squelchy squeak.
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