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SQUISH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The noise of soft mud being walked on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("squish" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "squish" is one way to...):

squirt (wet with a spurt of liquid)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

The women squish water into the bowl

Sense 2

Meaning:

Walk through mud or mire

Example:

We had to splosh across the wet meadow

Synonyms:

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "squish" is one way to...):

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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