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Definition: Squish |
SquishVerb1. Walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow". 2. Put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SquishSynonyms: slop (v), slosh (v), splash (v), splosh (v), squelch (v). (additional references) |
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| "Squish" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Squish" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 57.14% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
squish | 4 |
fish squish | 2 |
bug squish | 2 |
playhouse squish | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pllaquris. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шляпам (flop about, paddle, slop about, slosh, splash, squelch), мачкам (crease, crumple, knead, mash, maul, paw, squash, squeeze, work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '叽. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | squish. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | squish. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | squish. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Squish, zermatschen, Wirbel (catch, cowlick, crown, eddies, eddy, frenzy, peg, pirouette, roll, swirl, to-do, turmoil, vertebra, vertebrae, vortex, vortices, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl), Turbulenz (excitement, turbulence, turmoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | narancslekvár (marmalade), limonádéirodalom, kilövellés (ejaculation, ejection, gush, spirt, spouting, spurt), kibuggyanás, giccs (hokum, kitsch, mush, slush, sob stuff, trash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | merembes (infiltrate, leak, ooze out, permeate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spremitura (squeeze), fare ciacche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ishsquay sair em jato (jet, spirt). (various references) хлюпать (slosh). (various references) mljackati (champ, munch, slush). (various references) chapotear (dabble, paddle, Popple, puddle, slop about, splash, squelch, wade, wash). (various references) squish, klafsa (squelch). (various references) vıcık vıcık yerde yürümek, pelte gibi yapmak, ezmek (Bray, comminute, crunch, crush, domineer, grind, hold down, knock over, mangle, mash, oppress, overbear, overwhelm, pound, pulverize, quash, run down, run over, scrunch, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, stamp, stave in, steamroller, stump, swat, trample, trample down, tread, tread under foot, tyrannize, weigh down), şap şap yürümek. (various references) розплющуватися (unclose), розплющувати (laminate, unclose), хлюпати (slop, slosh), плескіт (swash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "squish": squished, squishes, squishier, squishiest, squishiness, squishinesses, squishing, squishy. (additional references) | |
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"Squish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esquisse, squach, squalsh, squeash, squeesh, squesh, squic, squigs, squis, squiz, sqush, squush. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-q-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: sushi. | |
-2 letters: hiss, suqs. | |
-3 letters: his, sis, suq. | |
-4 letters: hi, is, sh, si, uh, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-q-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: squishy. | |
+2 letters: squarish, squirish, squished, squishes. | |
+3 letters: physiques, squashier, squashily, squashing, squawfish, squeamish, squinches, squishier, squishing, squushier, squushing. | |
+4 letters: queenships, squarishly, squashiest, squishiest, squooshier, squooshing, squushiest, vanquishes. | |
+5 letters: squashiness, squawfishes, squeamishly, squelchiest, squishiness, squooshiest, vanquishers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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