Search results for 'squash':

squash¹ verb (squashes, squashed, squashing) 1 to crush or flatten by pressing or squeezing. 2 tr & intr to force someone or something into a confined space • managed to squash all the washing into one bag. 3 to suppress or put down (eg a rebellion). 4 to force someone into silence with a cutting reply. noun (squashes) 1 a concentrated fruit syrup, or a drink made by diluting this. 2 a crushed or crowded state. 3 a squash rackets; b squash tennis. 4 a an act or the process of squashing something; b the sound of something being squashed. squashable adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from French esquasser to crush.

squash² noun, N Amer, especially US 1 any of various trailing plants that have yellow funnel-shaped flowers and which are widely cultivated for their marrow-like gourds. 2 the fruit of any of these plants which can be cooked and used as a vegetable.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Narragansett (a Native American language) askutasquash.