Zouch

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. A dialect term describing the heavy splashing or squelching sound made by something moving through wet mud or water
2. Refers to a wet, heavy splashing noise, as when a foot plunges into soggy ground or liquid
3. Denotes the squelching sound produced when something sinks into or is churned through soft, muddy wetness

Etymology: "Zouch" is best known as a surname, borne most famously by the barons Zouche, an English noble family from the 13th century. The family name almost certainly comes from Old French "souche," meaning a tree stump or stock, so the name probably began as a nickname or place-name for someone living by such a stump. Its use as a family name, rather than as a common noun, is what took it into English records, and the barony of Zouche passed through several branches of the family over the following centuries.