SQUELCH

squelch, put-down, squelcher, takedown

(noun) a crushing remark

squelch, quell, quench

(verb) suppress or crush completely; “squelch any sign of dissent”; “quench a rebellion”

squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze

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

squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop

(verb) walk through mud or mire; “We had to splosh across the wet meadow”

squelch

(verb) make a sucking sound

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

squelch (third-person singular simple present squelches, present participle squelching, simple past and past participle squelched)

(transitive, US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

(transitive, radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength, below which the signal is suppressed by applying a gain of zero, and above which a positive (and linear from zero) gain is applied.

(intransitive, British) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground

(intransitive, British) to walk or step through a substance such as mud

Synonyms

• (to halt): quash

Noun

squelch (countable and uncountable, plural squelches)

(countable) A squelching sound.

(radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.

(countable, dated) A heavy blow or fall.

(countable, music) A kind of electronic beat used in acid house and related music genres.

Source: Wiktionary

Squelch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squelched; p. pr. & vb. n. Squelching.] Etym: [Cf. prov. E. quelch a blow, and quel to crush, to kill.]

Definition: To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.] Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. Beau. & Fl. If you deceive us you will be squelched. Carlyle.

Squelch, n.

Definition: A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition