SQUELCH

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.] Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. Beau. & Fl. If you deceive us you will be squelched. Carlyle.

2.
n.

A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

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