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squishy

adj
/ˈskwɪʃi/

Etymology

From squish + -y.

Definitions

  1. Yielding easily to pressure

    Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.

    • The toy was soft and squishy, making it fun to squeeze.
    • The mud was squishy underfoot after the rainstorm.
    • I love how squishy the pillow is—it’s so comfortable to sleep on.

  2. Subjective or vague.

  3. Politically moderate.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Vulnerable to physical damage

      Vulnerable to physical damage; having low hit points or defense.

      • Yeah, I’m, like, freaking tissue paper here. Come get the mage, everyone. Pick on the poor squishy mage!
      • What this tells us is that, against PCs equipped to confront a drow shadowblade, a single round's Multiattack is unlikely to deliver a one-hit kill – not unless the target is a squishy wizard or sorcerer.

    2. Making a squish sound.

      • Those darling, squishy little footsteps...Is that you, Punio?

    3. A squeezable stress reliever, especially one made of foam.

    4. A term of endearment.

      • “It’s going to be fine,” Mother said in her soothing motherly voice. “Is it?” I whispered. “Yes squishy Josh, it will,” she motherlily soothed me.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at squishy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01squishy02subjective03feelings04feeling05emotionally06emotional07emotion08organism09fungus10spongy

A definitional loop anchored at squishy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at squishy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA