ALL meanings of squelching
squelch
S s - verb with object squelching to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash. 1
- verb with object squelching to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument. 1
- verb without object squelching to make a splashing sound. 1
- verb without object squelching to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound. 1
- noun squelching a squelched or crushed mass of anything. 1
- noun squelching a splashing sound. 1
- noun squelching an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument. 1
- noun squelching Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. 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. 1