Found 2 items, similar to Squelch.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: squelch squelch n 1: a crushing remark [syn: put-down, squelcher, takedown] 2: an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise [syn: squelch circuit, squelcher] v 1: suppress or crush completely; “squelch any sign of dissent”; “quench a rebellion” [syn: quell, quench] 2: make a sucking sound 3: walk through mud or mire; “We had to splosh across the wet meadow” [syn: squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop] 4: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; “crush an aluminum can”; “squeeze a lemon” [syn: squash, crush, mash, squeeze]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Squelch Squelch \Squelch\, n. 1. A heavy fall, as of something flat. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A crushing reply; as, the perfect squelch for a conceited remark. [Colloq.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster +PJC] Squelch \Squelch\ (skw[e^]lch), v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch.] To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; to squish; also, to move with such a sound. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching as he walked. --P. L. Ford. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] A crazy old collier squelching along under squared yards. --W. C. Russell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Squelch \Squelch\ (skw[e^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squelched (skw[e^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Squelching.] [Cf. Prov. E. quelch a blow, and quell to crush, to kill.] To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]