squeeze
IPA: skwˈiz
noun
- An instance of squeezing.
- A close or tight fit.
- (figuratively) A difficult position.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
- (slang) A romantic partner.
- (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
- (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- (dated) The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.
- (dated) A bribe, fee, or extortionary price paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe or fee.
verb
- (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.
- (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
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Examples of "squeeze" in Sentences
- The cops put the squeeze on the gang.
- This squeezes out the juice of the fruit.
- Then squeeze the juice into the 2 quarts of water.
- When Coppola squeezed the trigger, the gun jammed.
- The legs were squeezed together in a scissor style.
- Never squeeze the bow and don't overwork as a cellist.
- Oscar, my main squeeze is threatening to put your lights out.
- The goal for amending soil is for it to pass what I call the "squeeze test."
- As the belts are fed through the rollers, water is squeezed out of the sludge.
- And what happens when you squeeze is that the structure shrinks and the water gets squeezed out.
- It kept eating my comment to cweenmj up there, so I’m going to squeeze him down here lol *squeeze*
- We do want to remind everybody what they're looking at, though, on the screen because we have what we call the squeeze-back.
- Even if Vitamin C does bolster the body's absorption of iron, it seems doubtful that a "squeeze" is a sufficient amount to do the trick.
- "There's several questions about the squeeze last night, and a lot of people tend to think that the squeeze is a given, that it works," Garner said.
- But as you see, on the screen we do have what we call a squeeze-back (ph) so that you can see the different weather across the nation as well as the airport delays at many of the airports across the country.
- I am well aware of the need for governments to exercise restraint in their spending, but if the squeeze is applied too hard to the industry, research budgets will inevitably be reduced and much needed new treatments will take longer to arrive.
- In fact, quickly, before we chat with you, I just want to remind everybody, as Rob was saying, you see there on the side of your screen, we'll have what we call a squeeze back all day long on the winter weather conditions and flight delays across the country.