squishier; squishiest
1
: being soft, yielding, and usually damp
The ground was wet and squishy.
2
: not firm, steady, or fixed : soft: such as
a
: lenient sense 1
To skeptics, all such talk may seem … squishy. For decades, CEOs … prized toughness above all.—
Geoff Colvin
Geoff Colvin
b
: imprecise
squishy estimates
squishiness
noun
Examples of squishy in a Sentence
The ground was wet and squishy.
those are awfully squishy estimates for the final cost of a new football stadium
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—Natalie Meade, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
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This is where the schedule gets squishy and the NFL pushes games around to give the most exciting ones the most exposure.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
To this day, the chef still dreams about her grandmother’s kosher spaghetti and meatballs — served with soft, squishy white bread.
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Natalie Meade, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
But Le Corroller is definitely in charge here, orchestrating the squishy mayhem right up to the unusually bleak climax that fully delivers on the premise.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 May 2026
This is where the schedule gets squishy and the NFL pushes games around to give the most exciting ones the most exposure.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
To this day, the chef still dreams about her grandmother’s kosher spaghetti and meatballs — served with soft, squishy white bread.
—Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for squishy
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“Squishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squishy. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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