If someone or something is squashed, they are pressed or crushed with such force that they become injured or lose their shape.

If people or things are squashed into a place, they are put or pushed into a place where there is not enough room for them to be.

If you say that getting a number of people into a small space is a squash, you mean that it is only just possible for them all to get into it.

If you squash something that is causing you trouble, you put a stop to it, often by force.

Squash is a game in which two players hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a court using rackets.

Squash is a drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water. Squash is sold in bottles in a concentrated form to which you add water.

A squash is one of a family of vegetables that have thick skin and soft or firm flesh inside.