See Also: quash(1)(dictionary)
quash(2)(dictionary)
quash(dictionary)
Quash(law)

unkie (iou) and quash(2) (iou)


unkie (iou)



unkie noun. nursery & colloq. Also unky; (esp. in names) Unkie. E20.
[from UNCLE after AUNTIE: see -IE.]
Uncle.

quash(2) (iou)



quash verb. ME.
[Old French quasser, (also mod.) casser annul from late Latin cassare (medieval Latin also quassare), from Latin cassus null, void. Cf. SQUASH verb.]
I.
verb trans. Annul, make null or void; reject as invalid, esp. by legal procedure; put an end to (legal proceedings). ME.
Times On appeal, the convictions of the driver and Kennedy were quashed.
verb trans. Destroy, ruin, overcome; suppress or stifle (a feeling, idea, undertaking, etc.). ME.
E. Bowen Many functions were quashed by the rain. M. Dorris I had to quash an impulse to shake her conscious.
verb trans. Quell or crush, completely subdue (a person). Now rare. M17.
II. verb trans. Break in pieces, smash. Also, squeeze, squash. LME-M18.
b. Dash or smash on or against something. M16-M17.
verb intrans. Shake; splash, make a splashing noise. LME-M18.