a crushing retort

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• squelch — squelcher, n. squelchingly, adv. squelchingness, n. /skwelch/, v.t. 1. to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash. 2. to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument. v.i. 3. to make a splashing sound. 4.… …   Universalium

• squelch — [[t]skwɛltʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to strike or press with crushing force; squash 2) to put down or silence, as with a crushing retort 3) to make a splashing sound 4) to tread heavily in water, mud, etc., with such a sound 5) an act of squelching or… …   From formal English to slang

• squelch — /skwɛltʃ / (say skwelch) verb (t) 1. to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash. 2. Colloquial to put down or suppress completely; silence, as with a crushing retort: *If the lady in question had any ideas, five minutes with Tim… …  

• squelcher — squelch·er || skweltʃə(r) n. one who silences with a crushing retort; crushing reply …   English contemporary dictionary

• squelchers — squelch·er || skweltʃə(r) n. one who silences with a crushing retort; crushing reply …   English contemporary dictionary

• squelch — [skwelch] n. [prob. echoic] 1. the sound of liquid, mud, slush, etc. moving under pressure or suction, as in wet shoes 2. a crushed mass of something 3. Informal the act of suppressing or silencing; esp., a crushing retort, answer, rebuke, etc.… …   English World dictionary

• squelch´er — squelch «skwehlch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to cause to be silent; crush: »to squelch an annoying child. She squelched him with a look of contempt. 2. to strike or press on with crushing force; put down; squash; suppress: »to squelch a student… …   Useful english dictionary

• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón — Born Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza c. 1580 Taxco, Mexico Died August 4, 1639(1639 08 04) …   Wikipedia

• squash — squash1 squasher, n. /skwosh, skwawsh/, v.t. 1. to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel. 2. to suppress or put down; quash. 3. to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing retort or emotional or… …   Universalium

• SHADWELL, THOMAS —    dramatist, who lives as the MacFlecknoe of Dryden s Absalom and Achitophel, born, of a good family, in Norfolk; studied law and adopted literature, in which he made a successful start with the comedy The Sullen Lovers (1668); his numerous… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• put down — place or set down; write down, put to print; crush, repress (riots); humiliate, belittle (Slang); kill or destroy (animals); disgrace, shame, crushing retort …   English contemporary dictionary