squelchSKWELCH
verb;
1.To put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.
2.To strike or press with crushing force; crush down.
3.To make a splashing sound.
4.To tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.
noun:
1.Electronics. A circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.