squash
/skwɒʃ/
Dictionary
noun
- A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
"When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water."
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
"It's a bit of a squash in this small room."
- Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
- Something unripe or soft.
- A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
- An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
verb
- To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
- To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
"Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry."
- To suppress; to force into submission.
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