ALL meanings of squashing
squash
S s - verb with object squashing to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel. 1
- verb with object squashing to suppress or put down; quash. 1
- verb with object squashing to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing retort or emotional or psychological pressure. 1
- verb with object squashing to press forcibly against or cram into a small space; squeeze. 1
- verb without object squashing to be pressed into a flat mass or pulp. 1
- verb without object squashing (of a soft, heavy body) to fall heavily. 1
- verb without object squashing to make a splashing sound; splash. 1
- verb without object squashing to be capable of being or likely to be squashed: Tomatoes squash easily. 1
- verb without object squashing to squeeze or crowd; crush. 1
- noun squashing the act or sound of squashing. 1
- noun squashing the fact of squashing or of being squashed. 1
- noun squashing something squashed or crushed. 1
- noun squashing something soft and easily crushed. 1
- noun squashing Also called squash racquets. a game for two or four persons, similar to racquets but played on a smaller court and with a racket having a round head and a long handle. 1
- noun squashing Also called squash tennis. a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and livelier and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket. 1
- noun squashing British. a beverage made from fruit juice and soda water: lemon squash. 1