Definition of squash

• n. - An American animal allied to the weasel.
• n. - A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
• v. i. - To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
• n. - Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
• n. - Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
• n. - A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.