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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.
To crush. [A low word and not used.]

Definition 2024


squelch

squelch

English

Verb

squelch (third-person singular simple present squelches, present participle squelching, simple past and past participle squelched)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (intransitive, Britain) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
    The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
  4. (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.

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Noun

squelch (plural squelches)

  1. A squelching sound.
  2. (radio technology) suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.

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