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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
  • British A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
  • obsolete|zoo|countable A muskrat, short form of musquash.
  • countable botany A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
  • countable obsolete A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
  • obsolete countable Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
  • obsolete countable Something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
  • uncountable A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To become compressed or restricted by contact with others.
  • transitive To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
  • transitive To compress or restrict into a small space; to squeeze.

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