squelching

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of squelch

   “At Beddgelert, where the journey was broken for a luncheon interval, and where there should have been a glorious view, there was nothing for it but to alight on to the squelching ground of an open hillside.”

noun

1. The act of something that squelches.

   “The sound of it was scarce louder than the hiss of the rain, a multitude of soft bubblings and squelchings.”