SQUELCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squelch mean? 

• SQUELCH (noun)
  The noun SQUELCH has 2 senses:

1. a crushing remark

2. an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise

  Familiarity information: SQUELCH used as a noun is rare.

• SQUELCH (verb)
  The verb SQUELCH has 4 senses:

1. suppress or crush completely

2. make a sucking sound

3. walk through mud or mire

4. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

  Familiarity information: SQUELCH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUELCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crushing remark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

put-down; squelch; squelcher; takedown

Hypernyms ("squelch" is a kind of...):

derision (contemptuous laughter)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

squelch (suppress or crush completely)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

squelch; squelch circuit; squelcher

Hypernyms ("squelch" is a kind of...):

circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)

• SQUELCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they squelch    ... he / she / it squelches   
Past simple: squelched   
Past participle: squelched   
-ing form: squelching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suppress or crush completely

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

quell; quench; squelch

Context example:

quench a rebellion

Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):

conquer; stamp down; subdue; suppress (bring under control by force or authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

squelch (a crushing remark)

squelcher (an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise)

squelcher (a crushing remark)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a sucking sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Walk through mud or mire

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish

Context example:

We had to splosh across the wet meadow

Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They squelch down the river

Sense 4

Meaning:

To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

crush; mash; squash; squeeze; squelch

Context example:

squeeze a lemon

Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):

press (exert pressure or force to or upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squelch"):

wring (twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid)

stamp (crush or grind with a heavy instrument)

steamroller (crush with a steamroller as if to level)

tread (crush as if by treading on)

telescope (crush together or collapse)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

He extracted great happiness from squelching her, and she squelched easily these days, though it had been different in the first years of their married life, before the brood of children and his incessant nagging had sapped her energy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)