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  • noun The state or quality of being squelchy.

Etymologies

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squelchy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • He wandered down hill through the thicket, listening with a sense of satisfaction to the increasing squelchiness of the peaty soil and feeling when the blackbirds fled at his approach with shrill quack and flapping wings much more like a hunter than he ever felt in the nursery at Lima Street.

    The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927

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