squash

intransitive verb

To beat, squeeze, or press into a pulp or a flattened mass; crush. synonym: crush.

intransitive verb

To put down or suppress; quash.

intransitive verb

To silence or fluster, as with crushing words.

intransitive verb

To become crushed, flattened, or pulpy, as by pressure or impact.

intransitive verb

To move with a splashing or sucking sound, as when walking through boggy ground.

noun

The act or sound of squashing.

noun

Something that has been squashed.

noun

A crushed or crowded mass.

noun

A game played on a four-walled court by two or four players who use long-handled rackets to hit a small rubber ball against the front wall, with play stopping if the ball bounces twice on the floor or does not reach the front wall after a stroke.