squash

English

/skwɒʃ/, /skwɔʃ/, /skwɑʃ/, /skwɔɹʃ/

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Definitions
  • (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
  • (British) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
  • A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
  • (obsolete) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
  • (obsolete) Something unripe or soft.
  • (obsolete) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
  • (slang) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English squachen derived from Old French esquacher derived from Latin *excoāctiāre, ex (out of, from, out, thoroughly, out from, without, delete, cross out, throughout, away).

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Latin

ex

Gloss

out of, from, out, thoroughly, out from, without, delete, cross out, throughout, away

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