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squelch

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "to fall, drop, or stomp (on something soft) with crushing force," possibly imitative of sound made in the process. The figurative sense of "suppress completely" is first recorded 1864. Related: Squelched ; squelching .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A squelching sound. 2 (context radio technology English) suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver. vb. 1 (context transitive US English) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In telecommunications , squelch is a circuit function that acts to suppress the audio (or video ) output of a receiver in the absence of a sufficiently strong desired input signal . Squelch is widely used in two-way radios and radio scanners to suppress ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squelch \Squelch\ (skw[e^]lch), v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch .] To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; to squish; also, to move with such a sound. He turned and strode to the fire, ...

Usage examples of squelch.

Bart said fl atty when I a all his enthusiasm squelched because Melodic refusing to dance the rote he wanted.

They put him carefully on the floor and Dr Van Minn en dropped down on his knees beside him while his helper squelched his way out again.

Then a Shipper end spilled through and squelched a spinner, and the Tigers had to kick.

A couple of groundcrew men lugged jerricans of petrol toward the airplane, squelching through mud that was still pretty thick.

There followed a loud squelching sound and his feet sank as if in quicksand.

The tiny garden was sodden with the incessant rain, water squelching into my boots.

His khaki shorts ran water and his velskoen boots squelched as he dragged her out.

The hell of it is that as they march him out in the smelly fatigues and the squelching boondockers they will call him Sir and they will treat him with the courtesy appropriate to a ranking officer even though he no longer deserves it.

She knows how to appropriately squelch her, in the nicest possible way too.

Jest when I was all sot to squelch Glory McGraw onst and for all by marrying Ellen Reynolds, here I was throwed into circumstances which made me a fugitive from justice.

Dejected and drenched, I squelched up to the great iron gates of Il Piacere and pressed the buzzer for the intercom.

Polly had a practical turn of mind that squelched the idea of a cat with supranormal gifts.

As he spoke his voice grew testier and more commanding: the sorcerer was like crab grass, too mean and stubborn to be squelched for long.

Having rebutted Edwina, squelched her in the pleasantest way, Daisy gave her half sister a warm smile.

Darkness fell in individual rooms and squelched the common sounds of people puking, or gasping and sucking for breath, or wimpering as pain pills wore off.