squelch
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squelch
(skwĕlch)v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es
v.tr.
1. To subdue forcibly: squelch a revolt.
2. To inhibit or suppress: squelch a rumor; squelch one's anger.
3. Archaic To crush by trampling.
v.intr.
To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.
n.
1. A squishing sound.
2. An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.
[Probably imitative.]
squelch′er n.
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squelch
(skwɛltʃ)vb
1. (intr) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise
2. (intr) to make such a noise
3. (tr) to crush completely; squash
4. (tr) informal to silence, as by a crushing retort
n
5. a squelching sound
6. something that has been squelched
7. (Electronics) electronics a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise
8. informal a crushing remark
[C17: of imitative origin]
ˈsquelcher n
ˈsquelching adj
ˈsquelchy adj
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squelch
(skwɛltʃ)v.t.
1. to strike or press with crushing force; squash.
2. to put down or silence, as with a crushing retort.
v.i. 3. to make a splashing sound.
4. to tread heavily in water, mud, etc., with such a sound.
n. 5. an act of squelching or suppressing.
6. something that squelches, as a crushing retort.
7. a splashing sound.
8. a squelched or crushed mass of anything.
[1610–20; variant of quelch in same sense (perhaps b. quell and quash); initial s perhaps from squash1]
squelch′er, n.
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squelch
Past participle: squelched
Gerund: squelching
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| Noun | 1. | squelch - a crushing remark derision - contemptuous laughter colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
| 2. | squelch - an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow | |
| Verb | 1. | squelch - suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" |
| 2. | squelch - make a sucking sound | |
| 3. | squelch - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" | |
| 4. |  squelch - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels" press - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" stamp - crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice" steamroller - crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road" tread - crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine" telescope - crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack" |
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squelch
verb1. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
Idiom: put the lid on.
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Translations
صَوت التَّخْويض في الوَحليَخوضُ في الوَحْل
čvachtáníčvachtat se
svupsvuppe
cuppogcuppogás
gutl, skampskvampa, ösla
šliuksėjimasšliuksėtižlegsėjimasžlegsėti
žļakstēšanažļurkstēšanažļurkstētžļurkstināt
čvachtaniečvachtať sa
şap şap yürümek'şap' sesi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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squelch
n → quatschendes Geräusch (inf); I heard the squelch of his footsteps in the mud → ich hörte, wie er quatschend (inf) → or platschend durch den Schlamm lief; the tomato hit the floor with a squelch → die Tomate schlug mit einem satten Platsch auf den Boden auf
vt
to squelch one’s way through something → durch etw p(l)atschen
(inf) speculation, protest → unterdrücken
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squelch
(skweltʃ) noun the sucking sound made by movement in a thick, sticky substance eg mud.
verb to make squelches. He squelched across the marsh.
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