Definizione monolingua

squelch

squelch (third-person singular simple present squelches, present participle squelching, simple past and past participle squelched)

1. (transitive, US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

   Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.

2. (transitive, radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of your receiver.
3. (intransitive, UK) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground

   The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XVI:

     [After they both fell into the lake.] Reaching the mainland some moments later and squelching back to the house, accompanied by Bobbie, like a couple of Napoleons squelching back from Moscow, [...]

4. (intransitive, UK) to walk or step through a substance such as mud

   The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.

squelch (plural squelches)

1. A squelching sound.

Definizione dizionario squelch

fare cic ciac

frenare

opprimere

reprimere

ritenere

schiacciare

sguazzare

Altri significati:

(intransitive, UK) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground

(transitive, radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of your receiver.

A squelching sound.

(intransitive, UK) to walk or step through a substance such as mud

(transitive, US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force