squish
noun
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L328385 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to squeeze into a soft mass
- create by squishing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skwɪʃ/ / /skwəʃ/
noun
Etymology: Formed by analogy with crush and possibly smash, both of which have senses as types of compression as well as types of attraction. Possibly first attested in 1999 (see Citations:squish) and then later coined or recoined in 2007 by the user Raisin on the forums of the Asexual Visibility and Education Network as "a milder synonym for the word 'crush'". The term was also used with a similar meaning in a 1997 episode of the TV show Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, though the 2007 (re)coining was apparently independent.
- A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.
verb
Etymology: 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, squelch.
- To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
“The sandwich tasted fine, even though it had got squished in his lunchbox.”
“Rather than squishing everything into a tiny window, I have shown only part of my app.”
- To be compressed or squeezed.
“I kicked off my shoes and wiggled my toes on the soft moss. It felt amazing as it squished between my toes, […]”