squish-squash, adv., n., and v.
[Imitative.]
A. adv. With the splashing or squashing sound made in walking through water or soft mud.
| 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde I. 43, I thof of all things we should have been killed;..and then squish squash through such a deal of water! 1792 Elvina I. 150 Now we may go squish squash in the dark. 1881 in Evans Leics. Gloss. |
B. n. The sound made in this way. Also attrib.
| 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 23 He heard a squish-squash sound, As when one's shoes the drenching waters fill. 1838 Holloway Prov. Dict., Squish-squash is a term used to express the noise made by the feet in walking over a loose, swampy, piece of ground. 1881 in Evans Leics. Gloss. |
C. v. = squish v. 2.
| 1836 Haliburton Clockm. Ser. i. xxiii. (1839) 86 There he stands, all shiverin and shakin, and the water a squish⁓squashin in his shoes. |