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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Squelch \Squelch\, n. A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. [Colloq.]

--Hudibras.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)