squish

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Gracer quickly decapitates it and makes a "squish" - inducing cut down the mid-line.

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  1. transitive verb To squeeze or crush together or into a flat mass; squash.
  2. intransitive verb To emit the gurgling or sucking sound of soft mud being walked on.
  3. noun A squishing sound.
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  • I expected a few baby squish, cow country and dishwasher-crazed compatriots out there to squeal with excitement when we shared our news but nothing, nothing like this.
  • But you can't take femmes for granted, whether they be squish or clankie, and her accusation wasn't, I am bound to admit, entirely baseless I wandered into the parlor and stood between the gently rusting ancestral space suits, overcome by an unpleasant sense of aimless tension. —  Asimov'sSF,January2007
  • I bought three mice, a canary, a turtle, and a squish-faced Boston terrier puppy. —  Asimov'sSF,August2008
  • She thought it might squish, but it was as hard as ice without being cold. —  Cube Route
  • Actually "crash" wasn't a good description; it was more like a squish, ripping a sagging hole. —  Roc and a Hard Place
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