Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sqush

/skwʊʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sqush
IPA: /skwʊʃ/

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

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

"Blamed if the king didn't have to brace up mighty quick, or he'd a squshed down like a bluff bank that the river has cut under, it took him so sudden."
"[…] it was little better than a swamp, and at every step their shoes went sqush […]"
"His feet squshed in the water as he went […] He tip-toed upstairs his wet shoes still squshing a little."
"[…] a "throne", something God can sit on without having it sqush […]"

Etymology

Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish.

Usage

American usage
Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

squshes (present, singular) squshing (participle, present) squshed (participle, past) squshed (past) squush (alternative) squshes (plural)

Derived Forms

squshy

Frequently Paired Words

skoosh

Homonyms

squoosh squush

Rhymes With

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

Questions

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

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