different between squash vs racquetball
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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racquetball
English
Alternative forms
- racketball
Etymology
racquet +? ball
Pronunciation
Noun
racquetball (countable and uncountable, plural racquetballs)
- (uncountable) A certain sport, similar to squash, but played with a bigger ball.
- (countable) A ball used for this sport.
Related terms
- squash, racquets, tennis
- racquet, racket
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