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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 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
- informal.a crushing remark
Derived Forms
- ˈܱԲ, adjective
- ˈܱ, noun
- ˈܱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱİ noun
- ܱiԲ· adverb
- ܱiԲ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ܱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of squelch1
Example Sentences
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.
To her, the shift in messaging, and the squelching of this routine announcement, is alarming.
Our vicarious shudders come only from the sound design, which gives a horrific squelch to the shock of a medieval mace slamming into Nathan’s back.
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