to smush

Examples

• All

• He fluffs up his sparse chest hair, then decides to smush it back down.

  Fiction book (2000)

• He smushed the clay into a flat shape to create his sculpture.

• Well, let me just smush that back in there.

• Yeah, and with pickles, and can you smush it down real flat?

  Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

• And then all you do is get it everywhere obviously, is you fold it up and you kind of smush all that powder into the powder puff.

  Wayne Goss

• I smushed the bread to fit it into the toaster.

• After I dropped the sandwich, it got all smushed and messy.

Synonyms

P

to press

vsto smush

534 1.0

Use force on something with your hand or a tool to flatten it

is narrower, focusing on force that makes items soft or misshapen

C

to crush

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401 1.6

To press something hard so it breaks or loses its shape

shares force but is less about breaking and more about simple flattening

M

to mash

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121 1.4

To press or crush something until it becomes soft

focuses on general squashing rather than producing a soft pulpy texture

C

to compress

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94 3.7

To press something so it takes less space

involves making soft and misshapen forms rather than only reducing volume

S

to squash

vsto smush

55 2.0

To press something hard so it becomes flat and loses its shape

is similar but can imply a gentler, less forceful flattening

C

to crumple

vsto smush

29 3.4

Get folded and wrinkled when pressed, like paper or cloth

is less about creasing and more about producing soft, misshapen flattening

S

to squish

vsto smush

24 3.2

To press something until it becomes flat or out of shape

describes the same flattening action without focusing on sound

F

to flatten

vsto smush

23 2.6

Make something flat and smooth by pressing it

includes flattening but also covers softer, misshapen results not just smoothness

S

to scrunch

vsto smush

• Informal

9 5.5

Squeeze something until it becomes wrinkled or folded

leans toward making flat and soft shapes rather than primarily creasing

S

to smoosh

vsto smush

• Informal

4 7.9

To press something so it becomes flat or misshapen

is the same idea but is slightly less playful in tone

M

to mush

vsto smush

2 4.2

To crush or mash something until it becomes soft

means the same squashing but not always creating a pulpy texture

S

to scrunch up

vsto smush

• Informal

1 4.1

To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face

focuses more on flattening into soft misshapen forms rather than wrinkling

S

to squoosh

vsto smush

• Informal

1 8.2

To press something until it becomes flat or loses its shape

has the same flattening sense but is the more common neutral word

S

to squelch

vsto smush

1 7.1

Press something hard so it loses its shape

is similar but usually describes less violent or damaging flattening

M

to mush up

vsto smush

4.9

To crush food until it becomes soft and smooth

is used for simple flattening without necessarily blending or smoothing

S

to scrooch

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• UK

9.9

To press people or things together so they fit in a small space

involves flattening into soft form rather than shrinking mainly to fit spaces

Antonyms

I

to inflate

44 2.9

To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round

How Flattened

to mash

121 1.4

to crush

401 1.6

to smush

4 7.5

press

11 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology