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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: squash

squish

 verb
     
squish
1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to make a soft sucking sound by moving in or through something soft and wet
2 [intransitive and transitive] informal to squash something, especially something soft and wet, or to become squashed
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