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squash
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /skw??/
- (US) IPA(key): /skw??/
- (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /skw??/
- (rural US, intrusive r) IPA(key): /skw???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *exco?cti?re, from Latin ex + co?ct?re. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash).
Noun
squash (countable and uncountable, plural squashes)
- (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
- (Britain) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
- A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
- (biology) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
- Synonym: smear
- (obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
- (obsolete, countable, derogatory) Something unripe or soft.
- (obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
- (slang, professional wrestling) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.
- Orr, James (18 August 2014) , “WWE SummerSlam 2014: How Twitter reacted to John Cena vs Brock Lesnar”, in (Please provide the title of the work)?[3], The Independent, retrieved 30 July 2015
- It was one of the most shocking WWE title matches ever witnessed, and effectively a 20-minute squash match as Brock Lesnar "conquered" his opponent.
- Orr, James (18 August 2014) , “WWE SummerSlam 2014: How Twitter reacted to John Cena vs Brock Lesnar”, in (Please provide the title of the work)?[3], The Independent, retrieved 30 July 2015
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:squash.
Derived terms
Related terms
- quash
Descendants
Translations
See also
- racketball
Verb
squash (third-person singular simple present squashes, present participle squashing, simple past and past participle squashed)
- (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
- (transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.
Synonyms
- (to compress): condense, press; see also Thesaurus:compress
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:squash.
Derived terms
- squash up
- squashy
- squish
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortening of Narragansett askutasquash (“[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)”), from askut (“green, raw”) +? asquash (“eaten”).
Noun
squash (countable and uncountable, plural squash or squashes)
- (botany, countable) A plant and its fruit of any of a few species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
- Cucurbita maxima, including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
- Cucurbita argyrosperma (syn. Cucurbita mixta), cushaw squash.
- Cucurbita moschata, butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
- Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
- (botany) Any other similar-looking plant of other genera.
- Lagenaria siceraria (syn. Cucurbita verrucosa), calabash, long-neck squash.
- (cooking) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
Derived terms
Hyponyms
- pumpkin
Translations
Etymology 3
Clipping of musquash.
Noun
squash (plural squashes)
- (obsolete, countable) Muskrat.
- 1705, William Dampier, A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World
- The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.
- 1705, William Dampier, A Supplement of the Voyage Round the World
Further reading
- squash at OneLook Dictionary Search
- squash on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cucurbita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cucurbita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Czech
Etymology
From English squash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?skvo?]
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
squash m
- squash
Derived terms
- squashista
Further reading
- squash in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Finnish
Etymology
From English squash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sku?s/, [?s?ku?s?]
- IPA(key): /?sku??/, [?s?ku??]
- Syllabification: squ?ash
Noun
squash
- (sports) squash
- Synonym: kössi
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English squash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skwa?/
Noun
squash m (plural squashs)
- (sports) (uncountable) squash
- Jouer au squash.
- squash game
- On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui.
- squash court
- La ville a construit trois squashs municipaux.
Further reading
- “squash” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- skvåsj
Etymology
Borrowed from English squash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk???/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
squash m (definite singular squashen, indefinite plural squasher, definite plural squashene)
- squash (fruit)
- squash (sport)
- squash (soft drink)
Inflection
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- skvåsj
Etymology
Borrowed from English squash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk???/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
squash m (definite singular squashen, indefinite plural squashar, definite plural squashane)
- squash (fruit)
- squash (sport)
- squash (soft drink)
Inflection
Polish
Etymology
From English squash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skw??/
Noun
squash m inan
- squash (sport)
Declension
Further reading
- squash in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- squash in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From English squash.
Noun
squash m (uncountable)
- squash (sport)
Further reading
- “squash” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Slovak
Etymology
From English squash.
Noun
squash m
- squash (sport)
Further reading
- squash in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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crumble
English
Alternative forms
- crimble (dialectal)
Etymology
From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb +? -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k??mb?l/, [?k??mb??l], [?k??mbl?]
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
Verb
crumble (third-person singular simple present crumbles, present participle crumbling, simple past and past participle crumbled)
- (intransitive, often figuratively) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
- The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.
- (transitive) To break into crumbs.
- We crumbled some bread into the water.
- (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.
- Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.
Translations
Noun
crumble (countable and uncountable, plural crumbles)
- A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
- Synonyms: crisp, crunch
Translations
Further reading
- crumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Clumber
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English crumble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?œm.bœl/, /k?œ?bl/
Noun
crumble m (plural crumbles)
- (France) crumble (dessert)
Spanish
Noun
crumble m (plural crumbles)
- crumble
crumble From the web:
- what crumbles
- what crumbles down
- what crumble means
- what crumble can you make
- what crumbs mean
- what's crumble in french
- what crumble in tagalog
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