Home › Words › Q › quelchquelchquelch means A blow; a bang.EtymologyAlteration of squelch, perhaps influenced in form by quench.nounA blow; a bang.verbTo squelch; to eliminate.e.g.“We are proud to have had a part in quelching the evil ideologies that brought so much suffering to mankind.” — 2013, Col. John H. Roush, Jr., World War II Reminiscences, page 450:To make a squelching sound.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).