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squelch
[skwelch]
verb (used with object)
to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.
verb (used without object)
to make a splashing sound.
to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.
noun
a squelched or crushed mass of anything.
a splashing sound.
an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument.
Also called noise suppressor.Also called squelch circuit,.Electronics.a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.
squelch
/ ɛʃ /
verb
(intr) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise
(intr) to make such a noise
(tr) to crush completely; squash
informal(tr) to silence, as by a crushing retort
noun
a squelching sound
something that has been squelched
electronics a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise
informala crushing remark
Other Word Forms
- squelcher noun
- squelchingly adverb
- squelchingness noun
- unsquelched adjective
- ˈܱԲ adjective
- ˈܱ noun
- ˈܱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of squelch1
Example Sentences
Hnath’s sequel, without squelching the politics, picks up the forgotten human story of Ibsen’s indelible classic.
Danger hangs in the air like the clouds over the fields where Sammie works barefoot, mud squelched between his toes.
Everything about this strange arrangement has worked, every fear has been squelched, all awkwardness has disappeared, and the Lakers have been left with a happily productive father and a gratefully improving son.
Republicans, with convincing victories on Tuesday, want to squelch any chance of history repeating itself.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has already moved to squelch independent decision-making by immigration court judges, threatening them with nothing short of dismissal should they rule against the president’s prerogatives.
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