squelcher

Other forms of squelcher

plural

squelchers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about squelcher

What does squelcher mean?

squelcher means "a crushing remark". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in squelcher?

squelcher has 2 syllables: squel-cher. The stress falls on "squel".

What is another word for squelcher?

Close synonyms include put-down, squelch, takedown, squelch circuit, squelch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squelcher a common word?

squelcher is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.