squelch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a soft, sucking sound made when pressure is applied to liquid or mud

   The boots made a squelch as they pulled free from the mud.

2. 2
   verb

   to make a soft, sucking sound, often associated with walking through mud

   He squelched through the wet field.

Of imitative origin (17th c.), an echoic word for the soft sucking sound of pressure on wet ground; also extended to mean 'to suppress or silence completely'.

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