SQUELCH

I. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1624 transitive verb 1. to fall or stamp on so as to crush, b. to completely suppress ; quell , silence , to emit or move with a sucking sound, intransitive verb to emit a sucking sound, to splash through water, slush, or mire, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1895 a sound of or as if of semiliquid matter under suction , the act of suppressing, ~y adjective