OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 4730

squelch

/ˈskwɛlt͡ʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aplastar
To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
Even the king's announcement could not squelch the rumors.
Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched.
sintonizar
To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength.
chapotear
To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
[After they both fell into the lake.] Reaching the mainland some moments later and squelching back to the house, accompanied by Bobbie, like a couple of Napoleons squelching back f…
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