squelch

squelch
intransitive verb
1) (make sucking sound) quatschen (ugs.)
2) (go over wet ground) patschen
* * *
[skwel ] 1. noun
(the sucking sound made by movement in a thick, sticky substance eg mud.) das Quatschen
2. verb
(to make squelches: He squelched across the marsh.) quatschen
* * *
squelch
[skweltʃ]
I. vi mud, water patschen fam, quatschen ÖSTERR fam; person, animal patschen, platschen SCHWEIZ
to \squelch through sth durch etw akk waten [o fam patschen
II. vt AM
to \squelch sth etw abwürgen
to \squelch sb jdm den Mund stopfen fam, jdn zum Schweigen bringen
III. n usu sing Gepatsche nt kein pl fam, Gequatsche nt kein pl ÖSTERR fam
she could hear the \squelch of their boots in the mud sie hörte den Schlamm unter ihren Füßen patschen
* * *
[skweltS]
1. n
quatschendes Geräusch (inf)

I heard the squelch of his footsteps in the mud — ich hörte, wie er quatschend (inf)

the tomato hit the floor with a squelch — die Tomate schlug mit einem satten Platsch auf den Boden auf

2. vt
1)

to squelch one's way through sth — durch etw p(l)atschen

2) (inf) speculation, protest unterdrücken
3. vi
patschen, platschen; (shoes, mud) quatschen
* * *
squelch [skweltʃ]
A v/t
1. zermalmen
2. fig Kritik etc unterdrücken
3. umg jemandem den Mund stopfen
B v/i
1. p(l)atschen
2. glucksen (Schuh im Morast etc)
C s
1. Matsch m
2. glucksender Laut
3. ELEK Squelch m, Rauschsperre f
* * *
intransitive verb
1) (make sucking sound) quatschen (ugs.)
2) (go over wet ground) patschen
* * *
v.
zermahlen v.
zermalmen v.

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