squish

Meanings

1. The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed.
2. A political moderate.
3. Marmalade.

1. To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
2. To be compressed or squeezed.

1. A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush.

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of squash, influenced by obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Scots squische, squies (“to crush, squeeze”). Compare also French esquicher from Old Occitan esquichar (“to squeeze, squish”). See also squeeze, squelch.