Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To crush; squash; quash: also used as a noun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Colloq. or Slang, Scot. To crush; to quash; to squash.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Scotland, slang, dated, transitive To
crush ; toquash ; tosquash .
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chained_bear commented on the word squabash
A crushing blow; a squashing.
February 2, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word squabash
A 19th century madeupical word whose appearance in the old Tory journal Blackwood's Magazine is discussed here.
September 15, 2011