squelch

[ skwelch ]

/ skwɛltʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.

to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.

verb (used without object)

to make a splashing sound.

to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.

noun

a squelched or crushed mass of anything.

a splashing sound.

an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument.

Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. Electronics. a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.

Origin of squelch

1610–20; variant of quelch in same sense (perhaps blend of quell and quash); initial s perhaps from squash¹

OTHER WORDS FROM squelch

squelch·er, noun squelch·ing·ly, adverb squelch·ing·ness, noun un·squelched, adjective

Words nearby squelch

squeeze-box, squeezebox, squeezed joint, squeezy, squeg, squelch, squeteague, squib, squib kick, squibb, squid

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British Dictionary definitions for squelch

squelch

/ (skwɛltʃ) /

verb

(intr) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise

(intr) to make such a noise

(tr) to crush completely; squash

(tr) informal to silence, as by a crushing retort

noun

a squelching sound

something that has been squelched

electronics a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise

informal a crushing remark

Derived forms of squelch

squelcher, noun squelching, adjective squelchy, adjective

Word Origin for squelch

C17: of imitative origin

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