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English
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Pronunciation
Verb
squidge (third-person singular simple present squidges, present participle squidging, simple past and past participle squidged)
- (informal) To squash, most often between one's fingers.
2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 59:The babies, giggled, smiled, and squidged dirt and dandelions between their fingers.
- (tiddlywinks) To fire a wink with a squidger.
- Gyles Brandreth (1991) The Book of Solo Games, →ISBN, page 63: “The object of the game is to be the first player to squidge all one's winks into the cup.”
Derived terms
Noun
squidge (plural squidges)
- (informal) A tight space; squeeze.
If we go into the elevator too, it'll be a bit of a squidge.
- (tiddlywinks) The act of firing a wink with a squidger.
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