squash

[Squash]

Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

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An American animal allied to the weasel.

Noun
a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

Noun
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

Noun
any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

Verb
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

n.
An American animal allied to the weasel.

n.
A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

v. i.
To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

n.
Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

n.
Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.

n.
A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Squash

Squash , n. [Cf. Musquash.] (Zo'94l.) An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

Squash

Squash, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. &hand; The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C. maxima, but the distinctions are not clear. Squash beetle (Zo'94l.), a small American beetle (Diabrotica, ∨ Galeruca vittata) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species. -- Squash bug (Zo'94l.), a large black American hemipterous insect (Coreus, ∨ Anasa, tristis) injurious to squash vines.

Squash

Squash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Squashing.] [OE. squashen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. '82cacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. Cogent, Squat, v. i.] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

Squash

Squash, n. 1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod.

2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." Shak. 3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. Arbuthnot.

My fall was stopped by a terrible squash.

An American animal allied to the weasel.

A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.

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Usage Examples

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something.