squish
verb
\ ˈskwish
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squished;
squishing;
squishes
Definition of squish
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Examples of squish in a Sentence
The cake accidentally got squished.
We squished together to make more room.
We managed to squish four people in the backseat of the car.
His wet shoes squished when he walked.
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Mario bounces off the squished remains with a gentle hop. — Quanta Magazine, "Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious," 19 Sep. 2017 SuperView takes a taller, 4:3 image, then squishes it and applies anti-distortion, in-camera, to produce a 16:9 image that gets way more of you in the frame. — Brent Rose, The Verge, "DJI Osmo Action review: giving GoPro real competition," 5 Aug. 2019 The point is to NOT squish them and release the pheromones that only attract more JBs. — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, "Blundering Gardener: Readers share observations about fireflies and the dreaded Japanese beetles," 3 Aug. 2019 Perhaps the earthquake swarm was the result of magma squishing through the subsurface, and the low-frequency rumble was caused by waves resonating in a collapsing magma chamber. — National Geographic, "Strange waves rippled around Earth. Now we may know why.," 21 May 2019 They’d be squished into their seats from g-forces several times stronger than gravity and a brain monitor would measure their reaction. — National Geographic, "Episode 7: The Glass Stratosphere," 23 July 2019 Physical Controls: Adult Japanese beetles will need ongoing summer treatment — often or daily if removing by hand (tap into soapy water to drown and die) or squish. — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, "How to get bad insects out of your garden, from Japanese beetles to spider mites," 24 June 2019 And a poll last year by staffing firm Robert Half found that 17% of companies had compressed work weeks that squish the same number of hours into fewer days. — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, "Here's where you can have 4-day work week. Is this the next big thing?," 17 July 2019 The question mark key and right Shift key on the right side are squished together in such a way that errors are almost guaranteed while typing quickly. — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, "Acer Predator Triton 900 review: weird flex," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'squish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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squish
verb
English Language Learners Definition of squish
: to press (something) into a flatter shape
: to move into a space that is tight or crowded
: to make the sound that is made when something very wet is pressed, stepped on, etc.
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