"Squash" is a word in ENGLISH

Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe
pod of pease.

A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft
bodies.

To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

An American animal allied to the weasel.

Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.

A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd
kind.