Bible Dictionaries
Squelch

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

(2):

(v. i.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.