squishable

Able to be squished or compressed

Adjective

  1. Able to be squished or compressed
    • To use a very unscientific term, the earth is squishable. - 2007 May 15, Henry Fountain, “How a Vast Ice Sheet Put the Squeeze on Earth (and Its Gravity)”, in New York Times:
    • On group trips, we like to bring a squishable football. It's light (just a few ounces), packable, and universally popular: Who doesn't love a game of two-hand touch in the great outdoors? - March 2003, Backpacker - Vol....

Origin

Etymology tree English squish Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English squishable From squish + -able.

Forms

more squishable most squishable

Derived

squishability squishably