SQUISHY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of squishy in English squishyadjective   informal uk /ˈskwɪʃ.i/ us /ˈskwɪʃ.i/

squishy adjective (SOFT)

Add to word list Add to word list soft when pressed: a squishy banana See squish

• I looked in the refrigerator and saw the strawberries were getting a little squishy.
• She had a collection of squishy, bendable toys she used to relieve stress.
• Nearly a third of the lake is now squishy ground.
• Blanche sat in the small sitting-room on a squishy sofa.
• It feels uncomfortable, you need a nice squishy cushion.

Soft and fluffy

• anneal
• as smooth as silk/a baby's bottom idiom
• billowy
• buttery
• cottony
• foamy
• frothily
• frothy
• gauzy
• lathery
• silkiness
• silky
• soften
• softener
• softness
• supersoft
• ultra-soft
• velvet
• velvety
• workable

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squishy adjective (NOT CLEAR)

US not clear or exact: The whole idea of what constitutes a disability is squishy. The definition of spam is squishy - a message that you delete I may think is a worthwhile offer. Uncertainty

• amorphous
• be neither fish nor fowl idiom
• blurringly
• blurry
• circumstantial
• indefinitely
• indeterminacy
• indeterminate
• indeterminately
• insecure
• remain
• shades of grey idiom
• shakily
• shakiness
• shallowly
• waveringly
• wavery
• wifty
• wishy-washy
• you never know idiom

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squishy adjective (NOT STRICT)

US allowing someone to do what they like and not punishing them severely enough for things they do wrong: They feel he is too squishy on issues such as the rights of suspected terrorists. Lenient & merciful

• charitable
• charitably
• charity
• clemency
• ease
• ease up/off phrasal verb
• easy
• go easy idiom
• have a heart! idiom
• heart
• leniency
• lenient
• lenient with someone
• magnanimous
• magnanimously
• merciful
• mercy
• quarter

squishynoun [ C ] uk /ˈskwɪʃ.i/ us /ˈskwɪʃ.i/ a toy that is soft when pressed: The toy shop has a range of squishies for kids who love to squeeze, squish, and squash.

• Squishies are very popular now.
• Their kids are collecting and squeezing “squishies the latest and hottest toy.
• Squishies, soft foam toys, are a hit with children and some adults, but connoisseurs gauge their enjoyment by how slowly a squishy returns to its original shape.

Toys & dolls

• activity gym
• baby doll
• baby gym
• balloon
• beach ball
• blow-up doll
• chew toy
• cuddly toy
• doll's house
• dolly
• marionette
• modelling clay
• pinwheel
• plush toy
• plushie
• prodigal
• puppetry
• sandcastle
• Soft Stuff
• stuffed animal

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squishy | American Dictionary

squishyadjective us /ˈskwɪʃ·i/ Add to word list Add to word list soft and easily crushed or shaped: squishy white bread (Definition of squishy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of squishy

squishy Yet, trust is a squishy concept, based in social culture, and analysts are reticent to take it on. From the Cambridge English Corpus Estimates can always be made, numbers produced, but they are always awfully squishy. From the Cambridge English Corpus Squishy surfaces can be bumpy or smooth. From the Cambridge English Corpus Here, a heartbeat is used to heighten anxiety in the audience, and intimate squishy wet bodily sounds are employed to make the alien seem both very close and too intimate. From the Cambridge English Corpus Gummi bears and similar soft, squishy candies, for instance, will jam the machine. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Contrast the soggy forest floor that is covered with soft rotten trees and moist, squishy moss, both of which make for uncomfortable habitation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The problem is that dignity is a squishy, subjective notion, hardly up to the heavyweight moral demands assigned to it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are also soft and squishy, with their texture due to starch, gelatin, and glucose syrup. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Each wears a squishy suit and gets into a shallow pool of water, absorbing some in the suit. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Traditionally, they are small, squishy, colorful blobs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of squishy?

Translations of squishy

in Chinese (Traditional) 濕軟的, 黏乎乎的, 軟弱縱容的，管教不嚴的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 湿软的, 黏乎乎的, 软弱纵容的，管教不严的… See more Need a translator?

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    • squishy (NOT CLEAR)
    • squishy (NOT STRICT)
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