squush

verb

variants or sqush

ˈskwəsh,

-wu̇sh

-ed/-ing/-es

transitive verb

: squash

intransitive verb

: squish

Word History

Etymology

alteration of squish entry 1

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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