SQUASH

squash, squash racquets, squash rackets

(noun) a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

squash

(noun) edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

squash, squash vine

(noun) any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze

(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; “crush an aluminum can”; “squeeze a lemon”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

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.

(British) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.

A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.

(obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.

(obsolete, countable, pejorative) 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.

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 compress

Etymology 2

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.

(culinary) The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.

Hyponyms

• pumpkin

Etymology 3

Noun

squash (plural squashes)

(obsolete, countable) Muskrat.

Source: Wiktionary

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Squash, n. Etym: [Cf. Musquash.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

Squash, n. Etym: [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C. maxima, but the distinctions are not clear. Squash beetle (Zoöl.), a small American beetle (Diabrotica, or Galeruca vittata) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species.

– Squash bug (Zoöl.), a large black American hemipterous insect (Coreus, or Anasa, tristis) injurious to squash vines.

Squash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] Etym: [OE. squashen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. écacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. Cogent, Squat, v. i.]

Definition: To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

Squash, n.

1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. Shak.

2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." Shak.

3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. Arbuthnot. My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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