English Dictionary

squish

IPA（発音記号）

/skwɪʃ/

名詞

可算名詞 軽蔑的 くだけた表現 イギリス英語 古語 俗語

(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed. / (countable, politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate.

日本語の意味

湿ったものが押しつぶされる際の音や動作 / （政治用語）中道派、穏健派（非公式で侮蔑的な意味も含む）

The sudden squish under his shoe made him jump in surprise.

靴の下で起きた突然の「べちゃっ」という音に彼は驚いて飛び上がった。

意味（1）

(countable) The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.

Alex reached the bottom and Grant heard a squish as she landed in the mud on the bottom of the river.

意味（2）

(countable, politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate.

Some conservatives think that in the long run, the party will be better off without squishes like Specter […]

意味（3）

(countable, UK, slang, archaic) Marmalade.

Where they are loaves and joints melt as snow in the sunshine; bowls of cream are of no more account than acorn-cups filled with dew; and the 'squish'—as they call the mother's home-made marmalade—has to be renewed daily; […]

squishes （ plural ）