squelch
🇺🇸
/skweltʃ/
🇬🇧
/skweltʃ/
verb
R
To make a soft, wet, sucking sound, like when walking on wet ground.
Every step I took in the swamp made a squelch sound.
R
To quickly stop something from continuing to happen or grow.
The company took measures to squelch the rumors.
noun
R
The sound made when pressing or walking on something soft and wet.
The squelch of his boots in the mud was the only sound in the quiet forest.
translation
To make a soft, wet, sucking sound, like when walking on wet ground.; To quickly stop something from continuing to happen or grow.
The sound made when pressing or walking on something soft and wet.
Word Forms
3rd Present
squelches
Progressive
squelching
Past
squelched
Perfect
squelched
Plural
squelches