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Traditional English :: squish
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squish.html - n. & v. --n. a slight squelching sound. --v. 1 intr. move with a squish.
2 tr. colloq. squash, squeeze. squishy adj. (squishier, squishiest). [imit.] |
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Traditional English :: squish
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squish.html - n. & v. --n. a slight squelching sound. --v. 1 intr. move with a squish.
2 tr. colloq. squash, squeeze. squishy adj. (squishier, squishiest). [imit.] |
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Traditional English :: squib
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squish.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a small firework burning with a hissing sound and usu. with a final explosion.
2 a short satirical composition, a lampoon. --v. (squibbed, squibbing)
1 tr. US Football kick (the ball) a comparatively short distance on a kick-off; execute (a kick) in this way.
2 archaic a intr. write lampoons. b tr. lampoon. [16th c.: orig. unkn.: perh. imit.] |
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Traditional English :: squid
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squish.html - n. & v. --n. 1 any of various ten-armed cephalopods, esp. of the genus Loligo, used as bait or food.
2 artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form. --v.intr. (squidded, squidding) fish with squid as bait. [17th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: squidgy
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squish.html - adj.
(squidgier, squidgiest) colloq. squashy, soggy. [imit.] |
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Traditional English :: squiffed
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squish.html - adj.
sl. = SQUIFFY. |
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