squashed

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English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

squashed (comparative more squashed, superlative most squashed)

  1. squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp
    • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1857, →OCLC:
      Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair.
  2. suppressed or silenced

Derived terms

Verb

squashed

  1. simple past and past participle of squash
    • 2001, Jon Brasher, The Color of Moonlight, page 37:
      He dropped his cigarette on the sidewalk, shaking his head as he squashed the butt out with the heel of his shoe.