1 [V] [often +adv./prep.] to make a wet sucking sound:
The mud squelched as I walked through it. * Her wet shoes squelched at every step. * We squelched across the muddy field.
2 [VN] (AmE) to stop sth from growing, increasing or developing
SYNSQUASH:
to squelch a rumour / strike / fire
squelch noun [usuallysing.]:
He pulled his foot out of the mud with a squelch.
squelchy adjective:
squelchy ground / tomatoes
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for squelch is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is squelch a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, squelch is tagged as verb.
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