adv., sb. and v. [Imitative.]
A. adv. With the splashing or squashing sound made in walking through water or soft mud.
1789. Charlotte 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. sb. 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.
