squash

noun

1. 1

   A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

   She plays squash every Saturday.

   Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.

   The bat, as a racquet used to be called, is the chief tool of the squash tradesman.

2. 2

   A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

   Sure. I pour hot squash all over myself and we all have a good chuckle. Everyone except Muggins here.

   When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.

3. 3

   A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.

   It's a bit of a squash in this small room.

4. 4

   A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.

5. 5

   obsoleteSomething soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.

6. 6

   obsoleteSomething unripe or soft.

7. 7

   obsoleteA sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

8. 8

   slangAn extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

   It was one of the most shocking WWE title matches ever witnessed, and effectively a 20-minute squash match as Brock Lesnar "conquered" his opponent.

verb

1. 1

   To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

2. 2

   To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.

   Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.

   We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.

3. 3

   To suppress; to force into submission.

   A somewhat popular myth about the Whiskey Rebellion is that Washington personally led the troops into western Pennsylvania and squashed the rebellion.

interjection

1. 1

   obsoleteThe sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water.

   […] rain, too, had lately fallen, and had decidedly not evaporated, since, at every step, I went squash! squash! up to the tops of my boots, and many times very extent, stretching to the eastward, […]

   […] to catch all the rain […]; my boots went squash, squash, as I turned on to the high road, […]

   1883, May 5 […] The words had only left his mouth when his feet slipped from under him, and with a dull, sickening thud, he went squash! into the water, waist-deep. We made our way to bed in a silence that was painful.

noun

1. 1

   A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.

2. 2

   A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.

3. 3

   A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.

4. 4

   A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.

5. 5

   Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.

6. 6

   Any other similar-looking plant of other genera. Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.

7. 7

   The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.

   We ate squash and green beans.

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteMuskrat.

   The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.

Forms

plural

squashes

past tense

squashed

past participle

squashed

present participle

squashing

third person singular

squashes