squelch (skw?lch)v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es v.tr.1. To subdue forcibly: squelch a revolt.2. To inhibit or suppress: squelch a rumor; squelch one’s anger.3. Archaic To crush by trampling.v.intr. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.n.1. A squishing sound.2. An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.[Probably imitative.]squelch?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.squelch (skw?lt?) vb1. (intr) to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise2. (intr) to make such a noise3. (tr) to crush completely; squash4. (tr) informal to silence, as by a crushing retortn5. a squelching sound6. something that has been squelched7. (Electronics) electronics a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise8. informal a crushing remark[C17: of imitative origin] ?squelcher n ?squelching adj ?squelchy adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014squelch (skw?lt?) v.t. 1. to strike or press with crushing force; squash. 2. to put down or silence, as with a crushing retort. v.i. 3. to make a splashing sound. 4. to tread heavily in water, mud, etc., with such a sound. n. 5. an act of squelching or suppressing. 6. something that squelches, as a crushing retort. 7. a splashing sound. 8. a squelched or crushed mass of anything. [1610?20; variant of quelch in same sense (perhaps b. quell and quash); initial s perhaps from squash1] squelch?er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.squelchPast participle: squelchedGerund: squelchingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativesquelchsquelchPresentI squelchyou squelchhe/she/it squelcheswe squelchyou squelchthey squelchPreteriteI squelchedyou squelchedhe/she/it squelchedwe squelchedyou squelchedthey squelchedPresent ContinuousI am squelchingyou are squelchinghe/she/it is squelchingwe are squelchingyou are squelchingthey are squelchingPresent PerfectI have squelchedyou have squelchedhe/she/it has squelchedwe have squelchedyou have squelchedthey have squelchedPast ContinuousI was squelchingyou were squelchinghe/she/it was squelchingwe were squelchingyou were squelchingthey were squelchingPast PerfectI had squelchedyou had squelchedhe/she/it had squelchedwe had squelchedyou had squelchedthey had squelchedFutureI will squelchyou will squelchhe/she/it will squelchwe will squelchyou will squelchthey will squelchFuture PerfectI will have squelchedyou will have squelchedhe/she/it will have squelchedwe will have squelchedyou will have squelchedthey will have squelchedFuture ContinuousI will be squelchingyou will be squelchinghe/she/it will be squelchingwe will be squelchingyou will be squelchingthey will be squelchingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been squelchingyou have been squelchinghe/she/it has been squelchingwe have been squelchingyou have been squelchingthey have been squelchingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been squelchingyou will have been squelchinghe/she/it will have been squelchingwe will have been squelchingyou will have been squelchingthey will have been squelchingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been squelchingyou had been squelchinghe/she/it had been squelchingwe had been squelchingyou had been squelchingthey had been squelchingConditionalI would squelchyou would squelchhe/she/it would squelchwe would squelchyou would squelchthey would squelchPast ConditionalI would have squelchedyou would have squelchedhe/she/it would have squelchedwe would have squelchedyou would have squelchedthey would have squelchedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011