Squelch /(skwĕlch)/

imp. & p. p. Squelched; p. pr. & vb. n. Squelching

1. To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.]

   Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched.

   If you deceive us you will be squelched.

1. A heavy fall, as of something flat.
2. A crushing reply; as, the perfect squelch for a conceited remark. [Colloq.]

1. To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; to squish; also, to move with such a sound.

   He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching as he walked.

   A crazy old collier squelching along under squared yards.