Squshed vs Squished - What's the difference?
squshed | squished |
(sqush)
(intransitive, US, rare) To squash or squelch.
*1885 , Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
*1909 , Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls
*1965 , Ezra Pound, The Cantos
* 1939, Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun p. 12 "His feet squshed in the water as he went...He tip-toed upstairs his wet shoes still squshing a little". (squish)
The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
(politics, informal, derogatory) A political moderate (term used by conservative activists in the 1980s).
(rfv-sense) (informal) An aromantic or platonic attraction (by analogy with crush ).
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, date = 1999 November 21
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* 2013 , Anonymous, "
To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
As verbs the difference between squshed and squished
is that squshed is (sqush) while squished is (squish).squshed
English
Verb
(head)sqush
English
Verb
- Blamed if the king didn't have to brace up mighty quick, or he'd a squshed down like a bluff bank that the river has cut under, it took him so sudden.
squished
English
Verb
(head)squish
English
Noun
(es)- WHY do you think I find it so disturbing? Diane having a squish on me.
The 'A' in LGBT", Counterpoint (Wellesley College), Volume 35, Issue 1, September 2013, page 8:
- After feeling these concerns, I was happy to learn about squishes and queerplatonic partners (also known as zucchinis, for some reason unclear to me).
Verb
(es)- The sandwich tasted fine, even though it got squished in his lunchbox.