What is "squashing"

Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed (skw[o^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squachen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. ['e]cacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. Cogent, Squat, v. i.] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

1. belittling. n. The act by which something is squashed; a pressing. v

2. (present participle of squash English)