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Squeeze   /skwiz/   Listen
Squeeze

verb
(past & past part. squeezed; pres. part. squeezing)
1.
To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.  Synonyms: crush, mash, squash, squelch.  "Squeeze a lemon"
2.
Press firmly.
3.
Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.  Synonyms: force, wedge.
4.
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :.  Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, pressure.  "He squeezed her for information"
5.
Obtain by coercion or intimidation.  Synonyms: extort, gouge, rack, wring.  "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
6.
Press or force.  Synonyms: shove, stuff, thrust.  "She thrust the letter into his hand"
7.
Squeeze tightly between the fingers.  Synonyms: nip, pinch, tweet, twinge, twitch.  "She squeezed the bottle"
8.
Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness.  Synonyms: bosom, embrace, hug.  "They embraced" , "He hugged her close to him"
9.
Squeeze or press together.  Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press.  "The spasm contracted the muscle"
noun
1.
The act of gripping and pressing firmly.  Synonym: squeezing.
2.
A state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high.  Synonyms: credit crunch, liquidity crisis.
3.
A situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer.
4.
(slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend.
5.
A twisting squeeze.  Synonym: wring.
6.
An aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power.  Synonyms: power play, squeeze play.
7.
A tight or amorous embrace.  Synonyms: clinch, hug.
8.
The act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space.



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"Squeeze" Quotes from Famous Books



... are damned indeed To take,—not means for being blessed,— But Cobbett's snuff, revenge; that weed From which the worms that it doth feed 240 Squeeze less than ...
— Peter Bell the Third • Percy Bysshe Shelley
... Aylward. "You should know better, since I have heard that the monks of Beaulieu could squeeze a good cup of wine from their own grapes. Know then that if these rows were dug up the wealth of the country would be gone, and mayhap there would be dry throats and gaping mouths in England, for in three months' time these black roots ...
— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle
... now filled with men, horses, men, artillery, and men, all slogging purposefully forward. They composed an army roused out before daylight, on the move toward another army holed in behind a breastworks and waiting. And over all, the exhausting blanket of mid-July heat which pressed to squeeze all the vital juices out of both ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton
... Three-quarters of it went to the Trust. Then milk was raised another cent, only we didn't get any of that cent. Our complaints were useless. The Trust was in control. We discovered that we were pawns. Finally, the additional quarter of a cent was denied us. Then the Trust began to squeeze us out. What could we do? We were squeezed out. There were no dairymen, only ...
— The Iron Heel • Jack London
... senses reeling. My head was swimming, my eyes no longer could see distinctly. It seemed as if an unbearable pressure upon my chest would finally squeeze the last breath out of ...
— Castles in the Air • Baroness Emmuska Orczy


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