squelching
Wet footstep sound
Squelching is making a wet, sucking sound—the noise of boots in mud, water in shoes, or walking across soggy ground: We went squelching through the marsh.
The word imitates the sound it describes.
Squelching also means suppressing or silencing forcefully: The government squelched the uprising, She squelched his complaints with a look.
Compress with pressure
- slopLiquid food waste
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- gloopThick, sticky liquid
- slurpConsume with audible suction
plop · slush · ooze · gush · sucking · splat · schlep · squash
Forcibly ending or voiding
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- subduingBringing under control
- repressingSubduing into unconsciousness
smothering · curbing · halting · thwarting · silencing · muting · muzzling · extinguishing
squish
Compress with pressure
slurp · plop · slush · ooze · gush · sucking · splat · schlep · squash · gurgle
quashing
Forcibly ending or voiding
repressing · smothering · curbing · halting · thwarting · silencing · muting · muzzling · extinguishing · stamping out
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
- silencequiet, silent, mute, hush, stillness
- suppressionrepression, inhibition, restraint, silencing, muzzling
- crushing actionscrushing, flattening, smashing, pressing, stomping
- mistreatmentbullying, harassing, intimidating, oppressing, humiliating
- quietingsilencing, hushing, quieting, muffling, turning down
squelchingamplifying
Increasing strength or intensity
encouraging · promoting · enabling · unleashing · fostering