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squish

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, probably a variant of squash (v.), perhaps by influence of obsolete squiss "to squeeze or crush" (1550s). Related: Squished ; squishing .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Squish is an effect in internal combustion engines which creates sudden turbulence of the fuel/air mixture as the piston approaches top dead centre (TDC). In an engine designed to use the squish effect, at top dead centre (TDC) the piston crown comes very ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed. 2 (context politics informal derogatory English) A political moderate (term used by conservative activists in the 1980s). vb. To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially ...

Usage examples of squish.

Her creamy mounds were squished against the table, but soon they would be branding his chest.

And Pattoo showed JL a piece of squished fruit she must have gotten hold of just that moment to help me.

Dark lichenous plants felt almost rubbery beneath her palm, and dozens of mushworms--green sluglike creatures that squished into a syrup under the slightest pressure--fed upon the plants.

Despite the multilayered soundscape of the jungle that surrounded Quinn, he heard their every squishing step as they trudged across the muddy dirt road and passed out of sight on the far side of the barracks.

She was certain she could already feel a nascent corn on her baby toe, which was being squished hideously into the triangular toepiece of the shoes.

Once past the canine welcoming committee, she stepped from the tunnel into the wide corridor of the second level, squishing her way through the odiferous floor covering, past what had once been sumptuous bedrooms, and still showed rags of velvet bedhangings and drapes at blank, earth-filled windows.

Chrissie know that the culvert was about to collapse and fill with earth, squishing her as if she were a bug and trapping her forever.

Wet shoes squishing and squeaking on the linoleum, she was past him before he realized she actually was going to his left.

The crevice she'd squished herself into was no more than a shallow vertical chink in the rocky drop where a rectangular piece of argillite had fallen away.

What a wonderful, loving, stupid man, I thought to myself, and firmly squished down every last bit of love I felt for him lest Asmodeus detect it and know I was bluffing my way out of the house.

The sperm squished over toward Bill, a dripping frown on its liquid face.

He squished down hard and the grinning man yelped and dropped to his knees and began to beg Alvin to give him back his hand.

Another was a Squeeze program that -- no, don't get ahead of me, Ms DOS isn't that friendly -- enables you to squish files down to about half size for more efficient storage, and to unsqueeze at need.

They and other members of the 'loyal opposition' would just as soon throw a punch or an insult as they would squish a fig.

He averted his eyes and dipped into the mind of the nearest:mincing pansy looka that hair dye job fershure thinks he's inna marching band like to beat his fuckin' drums but no wait shit there's better we'U find us a good one tonight yeah wanna get one that squishes when we hit it.