squishy
Americanadjective
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soft and wet.
The ground was squishy from the rain.
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softly gurgling or splashing.
The sponge made a squishy sound when it was squeezed.
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emotional or sentimental.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- squishiness noun
Etymology
Origin of squishy
Example Sentences
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The earth was wet and squishy beneath my feet, so my steps made squelching sounds.
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I’m talking chocolate-covered strawberries delivered to our suite, infinity pools overlooking the ocean, and squishy bathrobes that felt like clouds.
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"We wanted to show it was soft and squishy enough. It can really suffer a lot of different abuses."
From BBC
The crust was crusty, and then the inside was hot and squishy.
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This wasn’t hard rock against hard rock; harmonic tremors were earthquakes of solid rock against magma, “like squishy rock sliding on solid rock,” explained Malone.
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