Squash, n. 1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. Shak.
2. Hence, something unripe or soft; — used in contempt. “This squash, this gentleman.” Shak.
3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. Arbuthnot.
My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. Swift.