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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squelch /skwɛltʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to suppress or silence, as with force or a crushing response:[~ + object]The dictator squelched all opposition.
- to make a splashing sound, as by walking heavily in mud:[no object]We could hear his boots squelching in the mud.
n. [countable] - an act of squelching.
- a squelching sound.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squelch (skwelch),USA pronunciation v.t. - to strike or press with crushing force;
crush down;
squash. - to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.
v.i. - to make a splashing sound.
- to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.
n. - a squelched or crushed mass of anything.
- a splashing sound.
- an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument.
- ElectronicsAlso called squelch′ cir′cuit, noise suppressor. a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.
- 1610–20; variant of quelch in same sense (perh. blend of, blended quell and quash); initial s perh. from squash1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squelch /skwɛltʃ/ vb - (intransitive) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise
- (intransitive) to make such a noise
- (transitive) to crush completely; squash
- (transitive) informal to silence, as by a crushing retort
n - a squelching sound
- something that has been squelched
- informal a crushing remark
Etymology: 17th Century: of imitative originˈsquelcher n ˈsquelchy adj |