SQUASH

Squash

Squash is a racquet sport played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. The players must alternate in striking the ball with their racquet and hit the ball onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court.

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squash

Noun

  1. A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
  2. A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
    When I'm thirsty I drink squash; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
  3. A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
    It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
  4. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
  5. Something unripe or soft.
  6. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A plant and its fruit of five species of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
    1. , including hubbard squash, great winter squash, buttercup squash, and some varieties of pumpkins.
    2. , cushaw squash.
    3. , butternut squash, Barbary squash, China squash.
    4. Cucurbita pepo, most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
    5. , long-neck squash
  2. The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
    We ate squash and green beans.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. Muskrat.

Verb

  1. To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
  2. To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
    Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
    We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.


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