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squish

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Synonyms: squash, squush, sqush, quish

Antonyms: squash, squush, sqush, quish

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Verb

  1. {{senseid|en|squeeze}} {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[squeeze#Verb|squeeze]], [[compress#Verb|compress]], or [[crush#Verb|crush]] (especially something [[moist#Adjective|moist]]).
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be [[compress]]ed or [[squeeze]]d.
  3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[make]] the [[sound#Adjective|sound]] of something being [[squeeze#Verb|squeezed]] or [[crush#Verb|crushed]].
  4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[proceed]] or [[make one's way|make one’s way]] (somewhere) with the [[sound#Adjective|sound]] of something being [[squeeze#Verb|squeezed]] or [[crush#Verb|crushed]].

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|countable|informal}} The [[sound#Noun|sound]] or [[action#Noun|action]] of something, especially something [[moist#Adjective|moist]], being [[squeeze#Verb|squeezed]] or [[crush#Verb|crushed]].
  2. {{lb|en|countable|politics|informal|derogatory}} A [[political#Adjective|political]] [[moderate#Noun|moderate]]; a moderate on a specific [[issue#Noun|issue]].
  3. {{senseid|en|engine effect}} {{lb|en|uncountable|engineering|often|attributive<!--OED-->}} An [[effect#Noun|effect]] in [[internal combustion engine]]s which [[create#Verb|creates]] [[sudden#Adjective|sudden]] [[turbulence]] of the [[air#Noun|air]]–[[fuel#Noun|fuel]] [[mixture]] as the [[piston#Noun|piston]] approaches [[top dead center]].
  4. {{senseid|en|continuum or progression}} {{lb|en|countable|linguistics}} A [[continuum]] or [[progression]] between [[category|categories]] that are [[normally]] [[consider]]ed [[discrete#Adjective|discrete]].
  5. {{senseid|en|non-romantic infatuation}} {{lb|en|countable|slang}} A [[non-romantic#Adjective|non-romantic]] and generally [[non-sexual]] [[infatuation]] with somebody one is not [[date#Verb|dating]], or the [[object]] of that infatuation; a [[platonic]] [[crush#Noun|crush]].
  6. {{lb|en|uncountable|UK|slang|archaic}} [[marmalade#Noun|Marmalade]].

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