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countable and uncountable, plural squishes
(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed. quotations examples
Alex reached the bottom and Grant heard a squish as she landed in the mud on the bottom of the river.
2007, Robin Parrish, Fearless, page 207
(countable, politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate. quotations examples
Some conservatives think that in the long run, the party will be better off without squishes like Specter […]
2009, Time, volume 173, numbers 17–26, page 236
“Josh Mandel: Another failed career politician squish,” a new ad from a super PAC supporting Mr. Vance blared on Ohio television sets on Friday, calling Mr. Mandel, who is mounting his third Senate run, a “two-time loser” and “a moderate for the moderates.”
2022 April 30, Jonathan Weisman, Trip Gabriel, “Once Soft-Spoken, Ohio Conservatives Embrace the Bombast”, in The New York Times
(uncountable, UK, slang, archaic) Marmalade. quotations
Where they are loaves and joints melt as snow in the sunshine; bowls of cream are of no more account than acorn-cups filled with dew; and the 'squish'—as they call the mother's home-made marmalade—has to be renewed daily; […]
1880, Belgravia, volume 40, page 63
There was a time when the “squish” manufactured by Mr. Frank Cooper at Oxford was not known very extensively outside the world of undergraduates. With the march of events though the fame of Cooper's Oxford marmalade has become world-wide, and the natural consequence is that a new factory has had to be built to cope with the increased business.
1905, The Sphere: An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home, page VIII
third-person singular simple present squishes, present participle squishing, simple past and past participle squished
(transitive, informal) To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist). quotations examples
Rather than squishing everything into a tiny window, I have shown only part of my app.
2012, Adam Freeman, Windows 8 Apps Revealed Using XAML and C#, page 74
It hadn't rained for a few days, and the water in the ditch had been stagnant long enough for insect larvae to hatch. One landed on her nose, and she squished it before flicking it away from her finger.
2016, Robert Muchamore, The Sleepwalker, page 100
(intransitive, informal) To be compressed or squeezed. quotations examples
I kicked off my shoes and wiggled my toes on the soft moss. It felt amazing as it squished between my toes, […]
2013, Julia Crane, Talia Jager, Broken Promise
plural squishes
(slang) A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.