Squelter
/ˈskwɛltər/noun
A rare or dialectal word meaning to splash, wade, or move noisily through mud or shallow water.
Did you know?Like many vivid sound-words, “squelter” appears to imitate the wet, sucking noise it describes rather than descend from an older classical root.
Etymological Timeline
18th Century
English dialects
squelter
“To splash or move through wet ground or water with a sucking sound.”
18th Century
English
squelch
“To crush, suppress, or make a wet splashing sound; probably an expressive formation.”
19th Century
English dialects
squelter
“A variant associated with splashing, mud, and watery movement.”
Modern English
English
squelter
“A rare dialectal term for splashing or wading noisily through mud or water.”