smoosh

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smoosh

 (smo͝osh)
tr.v. smooshed, smoosh·ing, smoosh·es Informal
To squash or mash: "Some particularly unhappy homeowners have tried to scrape the ladybugs off their walls, or worse, smooshed them" (Sy Montgomery).

[Imitative.]
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smoosh

(smuːʃ)
vb (intr)
to paint softly in order to give a light or soft finish
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I also found a variety of references to the two words smooshed together intentionally so perhaps my standards for foul language (in print) are just a tad more conservative.
We will likely see more legacy agencies go the route of JWT and Y&R, with their names being retired or smooshed into clunky acronyms.
One troll posted: "Looks like she smooshed her t*ts together for the pic.
On several occasions since June 2016, I have voiced the opinion in this column that voting to leave the European Union was an act of grotesque national self-harm performed for no good reason at all; a sour souffle of lies, ignorance and bigotry smooshed into the faces of the working poor by the moneyed and prejudiced right-wing; a wasteful folly built on a foundation of thin air.
One finds a large pool of humans and luggage trolleys smooshed together, with no space for processed passengers to leave.
A dog with a facial deformity finally got a home in Austin, Texas, after facing years of neglect due to his smooshed face. Beaux Tox, a yellow Labrador Retriever, had been living in his owner's backyard without a dog house and was subjected to up to 110-degree heat.
You un-coat hanger it until it is a long silver stick and poke at your sock/hat/bra with your face smooshed against the wall saying, 'Nearly got it, nearly got it...
You un-coat hanger it until it is a long silver stick and poke at your sock/hat/bra with your face smooshed against the wall saying, 'Nearly got it, nearly got it AAH, I nearly got it then, really nearly got it then, OOOO, I nearly got it!' until one side of your face is flat and will take two days to ping back to normal.
Now living in Uganda, we sigh, but no longer shudder, as we wipe blood from smooshed bed bugs off our necks, or swallow deworming medications I used to think were just for dogs.
While the fish were being cleaned, the dry batter was egged, beered, smooshed, and rested.
The fine-structure constant is an amalgamation of several other constants, including the charge of the electron, the speed of light and the Planck constant, all smooshed together into one fraction, with a value of about 1/137.
But no - it turns out you really can use stewed, smooshed fronds of seaweed, strained through muslin, as a gelatin alternative to set a panna cotta.