<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.</li><li>to suppress or put down; quash.</li><li>(Synonyms: repress, crush, quell) to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing retort or emotional or psychological pressure.</li><li>to press forcibly against or cram into a small space; squeeze.</li><li>(used without object) to be pressed into a flat mass or pulp.</li><li>(of a soft, heavy body) to fall heavily.</li><li>to make one's way with a splashing sound; splash.</li><li>to be capable of being or likely to be squashed: Tomatoes squash easily.</li><li>to squeeze or crowd; crush.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or sound of squashing.</li><li>the fact of squashing or of being squashed.</li><li>something squashed or crushed.</li><li>something soft and easily crushed.</li><li>(Also called squash racquets) a game for two or four persons, similar to racquets but played on a smaller court and with a racket having a round head and a long handle.</li><li>(Also called squash tennis) a game for two persons, resembling squash racquets except that the ball is larger and livelier and the racket is shaped like a tennis racket.</li><li>(British) a beverage made from fruit juice and soda water: lemon squash.</li></ul>