squelch

Meanings

1. To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
2. To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength.
3. To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
4. To walk or step through a substance such as mud.

1. A squelching sound.
2. The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
3. A heavy blow or fall.
4. A kind of electronic beat or sound mainly used in acid house and related music genres.

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of squash + quell + quench. Compare also English squolsh, English squoosh.