squoosh
Flatten with pressure
Squoosh is an informal, playful variant of squash or squish, emphasizing the soft, yielding quality of something being compressed.
It suggests gentle pressure that deforms without destroying: She squooshed the bread dough between her fingers.
The word has an onomatopoeic quality that evokes the sound or sensation of something soft giving way.
As a noun, a squoosh is the act of squooshing or the resulting compressed state.
Reduce volume by force
- pressApply force downward
- mashCrushed soft mixture
- flattenMake level or smooth
- crushCompress with force
pinch · knead · compact · scrunch · squeeze · deform · push · contort
Soft or saccharine
- gooeySoft and sticky
- squelchyWet and yielding noisily
- spongySoft and absorbent
- plushThick-pile soft fabric
cushiony · pillowy · doughy · malleable · pliable · yielding · squashy · pulpy
Forcibly silence or suppress
Malleable children's craft material
- slimeThick wet gunk
- puttyPliable sealing compound
- foamBubble-filled substance
- fidgetRestless small movements
tactile · sensory · therapeutic · satisfying · ASMR · toylike · moldable · squeezable
compress
Reduce volume by force
crush · pinch · knead · compact · scrunch · squeeze · deform · push · contort · compact
mushy
Soft or saccharine
plush · cushiony · pillowy · doughy · malleable · pliable · yielding · squashy · pulpy · smooshy
squelch
Forcibly silence or suppress
splatter · slosh · gurgle · splurt · ooze · gloop · smooshing
playdough
Malleable children's craft material
fidget · tactile · sensory · therapeutic · satisfying · ASMR · toylike · moldable · squeezable · relaxing
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact