Collins English-English Dictionary

squash [skwɒʃ]

1. 1. n squash rackets squash racquets a game for two or four players played in an enclosed court with a small rubber ball and light long-handled rackets. The ball may be hit against any of the walls but must hit the facing wall at a point above a horizontal line - See also rackets

2. 2. n squash tennis a similar game played with larger rackets and a larger pneumatic ball

3. 3. vb to press or squeeze or be pressed or squeezed in or down so as to crush, distort, or pulp

4. 4. vt. [tr] to suppress or overcome

5. 5. vt. [tr] to humiliate or crush (a person), esp with a disconcerting retort

6. 6. vi. [intr] to make a sucking, splashing, or squelching sound

7. 7. vi. [often foll by in or into] to enter or insert in a confined space

8. 8. n [Brit] a still drink made from fruit juice or fruit syrup diluted with water

9. 9. n a crush, esp of people in a confined space

10. 10. n something that is squashed

11. 11. n the act or sound of squashing or the state of being squashed

12. 12. n [Etymology] C16: from Old French esquasser, from Vulgar Latin exquassare (unattested), from Latin ex-¹ + quassare to shatter

squash [skwɒʃ]

1. 1. n [US and Canadian] any of various marrow-like cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp C. pepo and C. moschata, the fruits of which have a hard rind surrounding edible flesh

2. 2. n the fruit of any of these plants, eaten as a vegetable

3. 3. n [Etymology] C17: from Narraganset askutasquash, literally: green vegetable eaten green