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Definition: Squishy |
SquishyAdjective1. Resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: SquishySynonyms: spongelike (adj), spongy (adj), squashy (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I shall call him Squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy. (Finding Nemo; writing credit: Andrew Stanton) Too squishy. When I was five, Buffy told me they were monkey brains (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Oh, I'm gonna miss that big, fat, squishy butt! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Teach me to love, you squishy poet from beyond the stars! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) Just, kind of, squishy. (VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared?; writing credit: Norma Marcos) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Squishy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Squishy" is used about 11 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.91% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | 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 |
squishy | 30 |
finding nemo squishy | 7 |
ball squishy yo yo | 6 |
feeling squishy | 6 |
squishy ball | 6 |
call he he him i mine shall shall shall squishy squishy | 3 |
inside squishy | 3 |
squishy yo yo | 2 |
feeling it squishy | 2 |
nemo squishy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squishy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 湿软. (various references) | ||||
German | matschig (gooey, mucky, muddy, mushy, pulpy, slobbery, sloppily, sludgy, slushy, soggy, squashy). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | vizenyős (sammy, soggy, waterlogged, watery), pépes (masher, Pappy, pasty, pulpy, squashy). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ishysquay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Squishy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: squeesh, squesh, squiz, sqush, squush. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "squishy" (pronounced skwi"shē) |
| 3 | -i" sh ē | fishy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-q-s-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: squish. | |
-2 letters: hissy, hussy, sushi. | |
-3 letters: hiss, suqs. | |
-4 letters: his, shy, sis, suq. | |
-5 letters: hi, is, sh, si, uh, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-q-s-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: physiques, squashily. | |
+3 letters: squarishly. | |
+4 letters: squeamishly. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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