squish

1. The sound or action of something, especially something moist, being squeezed or crushed. (countable, informal)
2. A political moderate; a moderate on a specific issue. (countable, informal) · The cadre of squishes in this party may disgree with me.· He's a squish on abortion.
3. An effect in internal combustion engines which creates sudden turbulence of the air–fuel mixture as the piston approaches top dead center. (informal, uncountable)
4. A continuum or progression between categories that are normally considered discrete. (countable, informal)
5. A non-romantic and generally non-sexual infatuation with somebody one is not dating, or the object of that infatuation; a platonic crush. (countable, informal, slang)

Plural squishes