SQUELCHES Synonyms

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing

• mixture of ground animal feeds

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• a crushing remark

• put down by force or intimidation

• declare invalid

• suppress or crush completely

• overcome or allay

• satisfy (thirst)

• put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

• suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

• suppress or crush completely

• reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

• cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid

• wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand

• (usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink

• writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

• cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

• walk through mud or mire

• ladle clumsily

• feed pigs

• make a splashing sound

• walk through mud or mire

• spill or splash copiously or clumsily

• the sound like water splashing

• a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

• a small quantity of something moist or liquid

• a patch of bright color

• the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface

• the act of scattering water about haphazardly

• cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

• walk through mud or mire

• dash a liquid upon or against

• mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered

• make a splashing sound

• soil or stain with a splashed liquid

• strike and dash about in a liquid

• make a splashing sound

• walk through mud or mire

• cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force

• dash a liquid upon or against

• any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

• edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

• a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• the act of gripping and pressing firmly

• a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

• a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer

• (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend

• a twisting squeeze

• an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

• a tight or amorous embrace

• the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• press firmly

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• press or force

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• squeeze or press together

• the noise of soft mud being walked on

• walk through mud or mire

• put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action

• (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position

• a crushing remark

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