If you all squashed up (= moved closer together), we could fit an extra person in the car. He tried to squash his ripped jeans into the suitcase while his mother wasn't looking.

1 : to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush squash a tomato squashed his nose against the glass 2 : put down, suppress squash a revolt

[transitive] squash something to stop something from continuing; to destroy something because it is a problem for you synonym quash to squash a plan/an idea/a revolt If parents don't answer children's …

SQUASHED definition: to press or squeeze or be pressed or squeezed in or down so as to crush , distort , or... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

b. Something that has been squashed. 2. A crushed or crowded mass: a squash of people. 3. Sports A game played on a four-walled court by two or four players who use long-handled rackets to hit a …

Dec 21, 2025 · adjective that has been violently compressed “the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds”

to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush. She squashed the flower under her heel. to suppress or put down; quash. Synonyms: repress, crush, quell to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing …

May 28, 2025 · squashed (comparative more squashed, superlative most squashed) squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp quotations

the act or sound of squashing or the state of being squashed Also called: squash rackets, squash racquets a game for two or four players played in an enclosed court with a small rubber ball and light …

• Among edgy garrisons, with military pride an ingredient, something to be squashed immediately. • I'm afraid the chocolates will get squashed in my suitcase.