SQUASH, verb transitive [Latin] To crush; to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass. SQUASH, noun 1. Someting soft an deasily crushed. 2. [Gr.] A plant of the genus Cucurbita, and its fruit; a culinary vegetable. 3. Something unripe or soft; in contempt. This squash this gentleman. 4. A sudden fall of a heavy soft body. 5. A shock of soft bodies. My fall was stoppd by a terrible squash [Vulgar.]
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