squelch C1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /skwɛltʃ/ UK /skwɛltʃ/ See IPA manual Meanings 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 verb to make a soft, sucking sound, often associated with walking through mud He squelched through the wet field. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a soft, sucking sound made... squishsplatsloshsquelching 2 verb · to make a soft, sucking... squishsloshsplashslop Common collocations squelch circuit Noun + noun Etymology AI details 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'. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # squelch **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /skwɛltʃ/ **IPA (UK):** /skwɛltʃ/ ## Meanings 1. a soft, sucking sound made when pressure is applied to liquid or mud 2. to make a soft, sucking sound, often associated with walking through mud ## Examples - The boots made a squelch as they pulled free from the mud. - He squelched through the wet field. ## Synonyms - squish - splat - slosh - splash - slop ## Etymology 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'. ## AI Etymology Squelch is traced through 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'. In current use it is a noun and verb meaning "a soft, sucking sound made when pressure is applied to liquid or mud". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is chiefly morphological, explaining how the modern form packages an older base into its present English use. The semantic development is therefore important as well as the form: the word moves from the older concrete, technical, or literal setting into the present figurative or specialized sense. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown