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- DictionarySquelch/skwelCH/
verb
- 1. make a soft sucking sound such as that made by walking heavily through mud: "bedraggled guests squelched across the lawn to seek shelter"
noun
- 1. a soft sucking sound made when pressure is applied to liquid or mud: "the squelch of their feet"
- 2. a circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal strength falls below a certain level.
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Definition of squelch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
6 days ago · 1. to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash. 2. to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument. intransitive verb. 3. to make a splashing sound. 4. to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.
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squelch / ˈ skwɛltʃ/ verb. squelches; squelched; squelching. Britannica Dictionary definition of SQUELCH. [+ object] US. : to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying something. A statement was made to squelch [= squash, scotch, quash] the rumors. Police squelched [= quelled] the protest. = The protest was squelched by police.
squelch. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English squelch /skweltʃ/ verb 1 [ intransitive] to make a sucking sound by walking or moving in something soft and wet My hair was dripping and my shoes squelched as I walked. squelch through/along/up We squelched across the field. 2 [ transitive] American English to stop something from ...
The meaning of SQUELCH is to fall or stamp on so as to crush. How to use squelch in a sentence. to fall or stamp on so as to crush; to completely suppress : quell; silence…
squelch, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
