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SQUISHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squishy mean?
• SQUISHY (adjective)
The adjective SQUISHY has 1 sense:
1. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
Familiarity information: SQUISHY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: squishiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
Synonyms:
spongelike; spongy; squashy; squishy
Context example:
spongy bread
Similar:
soft (yielding readily to pressure or weight)
Context examples
The Spitzer results show that HD 80606b does not dissipate much heat when it is squeezed by gravity during its close encounters - and thus is not squishy, but rather stiffer as a whole.
(Investigating the Mystery of Migrating 'Hot Jupiters', NASA)
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