to squish
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5.3
- verb
- /skwɪʃ/
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- The children loved to squish their feet into the wet sand at the beach.
- squished in the mud
- squished in his boots
- squished shoes
Examples
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Resident Carol Mason returned to her bayfront home to carpets that squished as she stepped on them.
Blog text (26) -
My feet squish the water in my shoes.
Fiction book (1995) -
We're squishing around in here.
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I can feel it squishing in between my toes.
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Anna followed, her moccasins squishing at each step.
Fiction book (2001) -
His bare feet squished in the mud, then he stepped out onto the patio.
Fiction book (1997) -
His black brogans squished loudly when he walked, but he was moving quickly.
Fiction book (1994) -
As I walked through the muddy field, I could hear my shoes squish with every step I took.
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She hated the feeling of her shoes squishing in the puddles during the rain.
Synonyms
91
1.0
To make liquid move so it hits things and makes noise
22
3.7
To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds
3
7.0
Make a soft, wet sucking sound, for example when you walk on mud
1
7.4
To walk through mud or water and make a splashing sound
To move with difficulty through wet, soft ground, making splashes
To move through water and make a loud wet sound
Antonyms
Compounds
How Squelchy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squish is a sound word that copies the wet, sucking noise of mud under your feet, much like the small 'squish' you hear in a swamp. So squish can mean 'to walk with a soft, wet sound' or to make that sound while moving.