squash

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
2. (countable, uncountable) A non-alcoholic drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water or milk.
3. (countable, uncountable) A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
4. (countable, uncountable) A preparation made by placing material on a slide (flat, rectangular piece of glass), covering it and applying pressure.
5. (countable, obsolete) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
6. (countable, derogatory, obsolete) Something unripe or soft.
7. (countable, obsolete) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) An extremely one-sided, usually short, match.

Verb

1. (transitive) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
3. (transitive) To suppress; to force into submission.

Intj

The sound of something relatively heavy splashing or squelching into water.

Concepts

courge

écraser

potiron

citrouille

squash

presser

aplatir

serrer

cohue

sur le sol

jeter en bas

raquettes de squash

bousculade

broyer

froisser

jus

laminer

opprimer

écrabouiller

s’aplatir

Synonymes

pumpkin

crush

squeeze

press

gourd

mash

squelch

smash

flatten

marrow

pinch

crowd

bruise

strain

press down

oppress

compress

pulp

tense

squash vine

stress

squash rackets

zucchini

summer squash

cordial

squash racquets

throng

suppress

enclose

tighten

stow

condense

strech

trample

put away

puree

rack

jam

shut up

overwhelm

wind up

lock up

confine

hasten

grip

crumple

grind

grasp

clobber

further

Traductions

schiacciare

calabaza

Kürbis

zucca

pompoen

abóbora

aplastar

Squash

zapallo

zerquetschen

squash

succo

comprimir

esquaix

serrare

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skwɒʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: squachen

Appartenant à moyen anglais: quashen

Appartenant à ancien français: esquasser

Appartenant à latin: ex-

In summary

From Middle English squachen, squatchen, from Old French esquacher, escachier, from Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre, from Latin ex + coāctāre. Probably influenced by Middle English quashen, quassen, from Old French esquasser, escasser (“to crush, shatter, destroy, break”), from Vulgar Latin *exquassare, from Latin ex- + quassare (“to shatter”) (see quash).

Phrases

The tournament is organized by Squash Canada and Squash Ontario .