squeeze

verb squeezes · squeezing · squeezed · squoze

1. ambitransitive To apply pressure (to something) from two or more sides at once. I squeezed the ball between my hands.

   Similar: compress

2. transitive To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
3. ambitransitive To fit into a tight place. I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.
4. transitive To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty. He squeezed some money out of his wallet.
5. intransitive To barely manage to. I managed to squeeze through the exam with a D.
6. transitive To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices. I'm being squeezed between my job and my volunteer work.
7. figuratively, transitive To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass. a Civil War where People must expect to be crush'd and squeez'd in the Consequence
8. transitive To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting. Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.

Similar: condense

noun squeezes

1. countable, uncountable An instance of squeezing. to give something a squeeze
2. countable, uncountable A close or tight fit.
3. countable, figuratively, uncountable A difficult position. I'm in a tight squeeze right now when it comes to my free time.
4. countable, uncountable A hug or other affectionate grasp. a gentle squeeze on the arm
5. countable, slang, uncountable A romantic partner. I want to be your main squeeze.
6. countable, slang, uncountable An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
7. countable, uncountable The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third. The game ended in exciting fashion with a failed squeeze.
8. countable, uncountable A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
9. countable, uncountable A traversal of a narrow passage. It was a tight squeeze, but I got through to the next section of the cave.
10. countable, uncountable 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. Nollekens, finding his wife always benefited by these visits, never refused White a squeeze of a patera, or any thing that would answer his purpose; […] White […] had turned his wine-cellars into manufactories for the produce of cast coins, and moderns squeezes from Roman lamps.
11. countable, uncountable The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
12. countable, dated, uncountable The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially. Thus was established a powerful Chinese combination, which maintained itself by submitting to a heavy "squeeze" at the hands of the Viceroy and Governor of Canton on the one hand and of the Hoppo on the other.
13. countable, dated, uncountable A bribe, fee, or extortionary price paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe or fee. If the licence […] was costly, it secured to them uninterrupted and extraordinary pecuniary advantages; but on the other hand it subjected them to 'calls' or 'squeezes' for contributions to public works, […] for the relief of districts suffering from scarcity […] as well as for the often imaginary [
14. UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable A person's neck. "Got his description putty close: Short black 'air, black whiskers, with a crips^([sic]) curl at the hedges; a white choker, tight round his squeeze; dressed in black, and orful hugly," remarked the policeman.