squooshing

verb

present participle of squoosh
as in squishing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squooshing
  1. compressing
  2. mashing
  3. squashing
  4. punching
  5. shoving
  6. squeezing
  7. forcing
Verb
  • And that’s on top of allegedly deleting or compressing billions of logs that should have been preserved.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
  • Those that defaulted to raw HTML will be explaining why the AI feature meant to expand gross margin is compressing it.
    — Gaurav Chodwadia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of compressing
Verb
  • Rooker, 31, is known as one of the most durable players in the league, having played in all 162 games last season and mashing at least 30 home runs in each of the last three seasons.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • More often, the series borrows from the overall feeling of Dippold’s inspirations, mashing up and remixing the obsessions of a lifelong horror fan.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Definition of mashing
Verb
  • Speakers also recounted the resignation from Congress of Marjorie Taylor Greene in January, maintaining that the Republican Party is squashing its anti-Israel voices, while the Democratic Party is electing them.
    — Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 8 June 2026
  • Imagine if Jeff Bezos got bored just owning The Washington Post, firing hundreds of writers and squashing the freedom of its opinion section, and decided to join the American forces parachuting into Venezuela or Iran, only to ignore their orders and seize some prisoners on his own.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Definition of squashing
Verb
  • At the same hearing in May, Cooper answered another question the way Hegseth might have—by punching back.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Video of the incident shows two officers struggling with the woman, with one of them punching her in the head before taking her to the ground.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of punching
Verb
  • The fallout continues from Phoenix Mercury player Alyssa Thomas shoving her fist into Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark's throat, and now one of the league's greatest players, Lisa Leslie, is giving her two cents.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Marina Mabrey — while playing for the Connecticut Sun last season — received a technical for shoving Clark to the floor in a June 17, 2025, game.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of shoving
Verb
  • Planning a Broadway show night in New York City means squeezing a full day into the blocks around Times Square, and the right pre-Broadway show itinerary can turn a two-hour ticket into a memorable outing.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • The result is a new generation of patients planning trips around treatments rather than squeezing appointments into an existing vacation.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of squeezing
Verb
  • From here, the Manchester City defender sprints into the six-yard box to meet the corner, forcing a good save from Dominik Livakovic, with his team-mates unable to scramble the ball over the line.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, raging forest fires and a red-alert heat wave are shaking up France’s biggest national holiday, forcing the cancellation of traditional fireworks and firefighters’ balls.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of forcing
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