Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

squush

/skwʊʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: squ-ush
IPA: /skwʊʃ/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To squash or squish.

American usage; Intransitive verb

noun

A squashing or squishing sound.

intj

A squashing or squishing sound.

Example Sentences

"A few yards downstream was a stretch of sloping rock and moss, and here all clamor ceased: only the close-placed ear could detect the muffled squush."
"Some men in the cellar were mixing mortar in trays with hoes. We watched them put sand and cement and lime and water together. Squush!"
"They looked down at the ants and other bugs they saw and felt enormously big and powerful. They pretended the bugs were people. "Got me a dozen!" Squush."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish.

Usage

American usage
Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

squushes (present, singular) squushing (participle, present) squushed (participle, past) squushed (past) sqush (alternative) squushes (plural)

Derived Forms

squushy

Homonyms

squoosh sqush

Rhymes With

push bush kush mush hindu kush whoosh shush swoosh cush tush smush shoosh

Questions

How do you pronounce squush?: The recorded pronunciation is /skwʊʃ/.
What does squush mean?: To squash or squish.
Where does squush come from?: Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish.

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