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Webster 1913 Edition
Squelch
Squelch
(skwĕlch)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Squelched
(skwĕlcht)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Squelching
.] [Cf. Prov. E.
quelch
a blow, and quell
to crush, to kill.] To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
[Colloq.]
Oh ’t was your luck and mine to be
squelched
. Beau. & Fl.
If you deceive us you will be
squelched
. Carlyle.
Squelch
,Noun.
1.
A heavy fall, as of something flat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Squelch
SQUELCH
, SQUELSH,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
squelch
squelch
English
Verb
squelch (third-person singular simple present squelches, present participle squelching, simple past and past participle squelched)
- (transitive, US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force
- Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched.
- Carlyle
- If you deceive us you will be squelched.
- (transitive, radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength, below which the signal is suppressed by applying a gain of zero, and above which a positive (and linear from zero) gain is applied.
- (intransitive, Britain) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
- The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “chapter XVI”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
- [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 from Moscow, [...]
- (intransitive, Britain) to walk or step through a substance such as mud
- The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.
Synonyms
- (to halt): quash
Translations
to halt, stop, eliminate
radio technology: suppress hiss or static
to make a sucking, splashing noise
to walk or step through a substance such as a mud
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Noun
squelch (plural squelches)
- A squelching sound.
- (radio technology) suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.