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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squash1 /skwɑʃ, skwɔʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to press into a flat mass;
crush:[~ + object]She squashed the spider with her shoe. - to press with force into a small space;
cram: [~ + object]squashed six of us into the tiny car.[no object]A huge man squashed next to me on the bus. - to silence or smother;
suppress; quash:[~ + object]to squash the indictment. n. - [countable] an act or instance of squashing or being squashed;
the sound of this. - [countable] something squashed.
- SportAlso called ˈsquash ˌrac•quets. a game for two or four persons, similar to racquets.
- Sport[uncountable] Also called ˈsquash ˌten•nis. a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket.
- British Termsa beverage made from fruit juice and soda water:[uncountable]lemon squash.
squash•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. squash2 /skwɑʃ, skwɔʃ/USA pronunciation n., pl. squash•es, (esp. when thought of as a group) squash. - Plant Biologythe fruit of a plant of the gourd family, eaten as a vegetable: [countable]Buy two squashes at the store.[uncountable]some cooked squash.
- Plant Biology[countable] a plant having such fruit.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squash1 (skwosh, skwôsh),USA pronunciation v.t. - to press into a flat mass or pulp;
crush:She squashed the flower under her heel. - to suppress or put down;
quash. - to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing retort or emotional or psychological pressure.
- to press forcibly against or cram into a small space;
squeeze. v.i. - to be pressed into a flat mass or pulp.
- (of a soft, heavy body) to fall heavily.
- to make a splashing sound;
splash. - to be capable of being or likely to be squashed:Tomatoes squash easily.
- to squeeze or crowd;
crush. n. - the act or sound of squashing.
- the fact of squashing or of being squashed.
- something squashed or crushed.
- something soft and easily crushed.
- SportAlso called squash′ rac′quets. a game for two or four persons, similar to racquets but played on a smaller court and with a racket having a round head and a long handle. See illus. under racket 2.
- SportAlso called squash′ ten′nis. a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and livelier and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket.
- British Termsa beverage made from fruit juice and soda water:lemon squash.
- Vulgar Latin *exquassāre. See ex-1, quash
- Middle French esquasser
- 1555–65
squash′er, n. - 2, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged quell, crush, repress.
squash2 (skwosh, skwôsh),USA pronunciation n., pl. squash•es, ( [esp. collectively]) squash. - Plant Biologythe fruit of any of various vinelike, tendril-bearing plants belonging to the genus Curcurbita, of the gourd family, as C. moschata or C. pepo, used as a vegetable.
- Plant Biologyany of these plants.
- Narragansett (English spelling, spelled) askútasquash (plural)
- 1635–45, American.
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