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squelchy

/ˈskwɛl.tʃi/
squelch · y
Adverb:squelchily
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squelchy Lexical Profile

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• adjective

1

Soft, wet, and muddy, or yielding easily to pressure with a soft sucking sound.

Example

"After three days of heavy rain, the hiking trail turned into a squelchy path of deep mud."

2

Producing or characterized by a wet, sucking, or resonant filtering sound (often used to describe electronic synthesizer basslines).

Example

"The track features a distinctive, squelchy synthesizer bassline typical of early acid house music."

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• Rhymes for squelchy

• Nearby Words

squeezer
squeezy
squelch
squelchy
squid
squidgy
squidlike

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in the 19th century from the verb 'squelch' (an imitative word originating in the early 17th century to represent the sound of treading in thick mud) plus the adjective-forming suffix '-y'.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Squelchy. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/squelchy
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