squish
/skwɪʃ/verb, noun
squish is spelled S-Q-U-I-S-H: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, squish means “To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in squish?
| Letters | 6: S-Q-U-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is squish?
Squish appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce squish?
- US /skwɪʃ/
- /skwəʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-squish.wav, En-us-squish.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with squish?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as squish from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of squish
- squishes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- squishing participle, present
- squished participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does squish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
informalTo squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
The sandwich tasted fine, even though it had got squished in his lunchbox.
- 2
informalTo be compressed or squeezed.
- 3
informalTo make the sound of something being squeezed or crushed.
- 4
informalTo proceed or make one’s way (somewhere) with the sound of something being squeezed or crushed.
noun
- 1
informalThe sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
- 2
derogatoryinformalA political moderate; a moderate on a specific issue.
The cadre of squishes in this party may disgree with me.
- 3
informalAn effect in internal combustion engines which creates sudden turbulence of the air–fuel mixture as the piston approaches top dead center.
- 4
informalA continuum or progression between categories that are normally considered discrete.
- 5
informalslangA non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.
- 6
UKarchaicinformalslangMarmalade.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Squish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to squeeze, compress, or crush:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | écraser, presser |
| German | quetschen, zermatschen, zerquetschen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does squish come from?
Apparently an alteration of squash, influenced by obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Scots squische, squies (“to crush, squeeze”). Compare also French esquicher, from Old Occitan esquichar (“to squeeze, squish”). See also squeeze and squelch. The noun is derived from the verb. The linguistic noun sense 4 was coined in 1972 by the American poet and linguist John R. Ross (1938–2025): see the quotation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).