A squash is the edible fruit of squash plant, but it's considered a vegetable in the kitchen, like peppers and tomatoes. As a verb, squash means to compress ...
squash · . enlarge image · [intransitive, transitive] to push somebody/something or yourself into a space that is too small. + adv./prep. · [transitive] squash ...
to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing retort or emotional or psychological pressure. to press forcibly against or cram into a small space; ...
squash in American English 1 · 1. to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush · 2. to suppress or put down; quash · 3. to silence or disconcert (someone), as with ...