Definition: squelch

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

squelch
     n 1: (informal) a crushing remark [syn: put-down, squelcher,
          takedown]
     2: an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal
        becomes weaker than the noise [syn: squelch circuit, squelcher]
     v 1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent";
          "quench a rebellion" [syn: quell, quench]
     2: make a sucking sound
     3: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
        meadow" [syn: squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop]
     4: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or
        condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
        [syn: squash, crush, mash, squeeze]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Squelch \Squelch\, v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. Squelch.]
   To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in
   mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; also, to move
   with such a sound.

         He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching
         as he walked.                            --P. L. Ford.

         A crazy old collier squelching along under squared
         yards.                                   --W. C.
                                                  Russell.
Squelch \Squelch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squelched; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Squelching.] [Cf. prov. E. quelch a blow, and quel to
   crush, to kill.]
   To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.]

         Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. &
                                                  Fl.

         If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle.
Squelch \Squelch\, n.
   A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing
   reply. [Colloq.] --Hudibras.