squelch /skweltʃ/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Origin: From the sound ]
1 . [intransitive] to make a sucking sound by walking or moving in something soft and wet:
My hair was dripping and my shoes squelched as I walked.
squelch through/along/up
We squelched across the field.
2 . [transitive] American English to stop something from continuing to develop or spread SYN squash :
Her creativity had been squelched.
—squelch noun [countable]