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squelch(dictionary)

cyclopia (iou) and squelch (iou)


cyclopia (iou)



cyclopia noun. M19.
[from CYCLOPS + -IA1.]
Zoology & Medicine. The fusion of two eyes into one central eye (whether as a normal condition or a malformation).

squelch (iou)



squelch noun, verb, & adverb. E17.
[Imit.: cf. QUELCH.]
A. noun.
Orig., a heavy crushing fall on to something soft or yielding. Later, the sound produced by this, spec. a sucking sound as made by falling or walking on wet muddy ground. E17.
b. A disconcerting surprise. E19.
c. A decisive argument; a crushing retort. slang. M20.
A thing or mass that has the appearance of having been crushed. M19.
The sound made by a liquid when subjected to sudden or intermittent pressure. L19.
Electronics. A circuit that suppresses all input signals except those of a particular kind; spec. in Radio, a circuit that suppresses the noise output of a receiver when the signal strength falls below a predetermined level. Also squelch circuit. M20.
b. verb.
verb trans. Fall or stamp on (something soft) so as to squash or crush flat. E17.
verb intrans. Make or emit a squelch or sucking sound. E18.
W. Boyd His feet squelched on the mud of his..path. L. Grant-Adamson The grass squelched beneath his feet.
b. Fall with a squelch. obsolete exc. dial. M18.
verb intrans. Walk or tread heavily in mud, on wet ground, or with water in the shoes, so as to make a sucking sound. M19.
Beverley Cleary She squelched off..in her wet sneakers. L. Ellmann I squelched through soggy grass.
verb trans. Squash or crush (a person, idea, etc.); put down, suppress completely; disconcert, silence. M19.
P. Roth Henry..had to squelch all his doubts. D. Leavitt Why..do you always have to squelch me, to shut me up.
verb trans. Electronics. Subject to the action of a squelch. M20.
C. adverb. With a squelch. L18.
squelcher noun (colloq.) a person who or thing which squelches; a decisive or crushing blow, argument, etc.: M19.
squelchy adjective (a) liable to squelch; emitting a squelching sound; (b) (of a sound) of the Nature of a squelch: M19.