SQUELCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does squelch mean?
• SQUELCH (noun)
The noun SQUELCH has 2 senses:
1. a crushing remark
2. an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
Familiarity information: SQUELCH used as a noun is rare.
• SQUELCH (verb)
The verb SQUELCH has 4 senses:
1. suppress or crush completely
2. make a sucking sound
3. walk through mud or mire
4. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Familiarity information: SQUELCH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SQUELCH (noun)
Meaning:
A crushing remark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
put-down; squelch; squelcher; takedown
Hypernyms ("squelch" is a kind of...):
derision (contemptuous laughter)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
squelch circuit; squelch; squelcher
Hypernyms ("squelch" is a kind of...):
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
• SQUELCH (verb)
Meaning:
Suppress or crush completely
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
quell; squelch; quench
Context examples:
squelch any sign of dissent / quench a rebellion
Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):
conquer; curb; inhibit; stamp down; subdue; suppress (to put down by force or authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a sucking sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Walk through mud or mire
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
squish; splosh; splash; slosh; slop; squelch
Context example:
We had to splosh across the wet meadow
Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):
footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
They squelch down the river
Meaning:
To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
squeeze; squash; mash; crush; squelch
Context examples:
crush an aluminum can / squeeze a lemon
Hypernyms (to "squelch" is one way to...):
press (exert pressure or force to or upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "squelch"):
wring (twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid)
stamp (crush or grind with a heavy instrument)
steamroller (crush with a steamroller as if to level)
tread (crush as if by treading on)
telescope (crush together or collapse)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
