Squeeze Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Squeeze? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Antonyms, Synonyms, Words starting with Squeeze, Words ending with Squeeze, Related sentences, How to pronounce? Example sentences, Derivations and more...

Squeeze meaning

Word: Squeeze

How to pronounce: skwiːz

Verb

Definitions:

1. Firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.

Example sentences: "Kate squeezed his hand affectionately"

2. Manage to get into or through a narrow or restricted space.

Example sentences: "Sarah squeezed in beside her"

3. Obtain (something) from someone with difficulty.

Example sentences: "A governor who wants to squeeze as much money out of taxpayers as he can"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of pressing something with one's fingers.

Example sentences: "A gentle squeeze of the trigger"

2. A strong financial demand or pressure, typically a restriction on borrowing, spending, or investment in a financial crisis.

Example sentences: "Industry faced higher costs and a squeeze on profits"

3. A molding or cast of an object, or an impression or copy of a design, obtained by pressing a pliable substance around or over it.

4. A person's girlfriend or boyfriend.

5. An act of bunting a ball in order to enable a runner on third base to start for home as soon as the ball is pitched.

Example sentences: "Angels skipper Mike Scioscia put on a squeeze play, with the slothlike Molina advancing down the third base line like a wandering buffalo."


Synonyms:

clench

compress

shrink

tighten

press together

condense

grip

constriction

sandwich

compact

contraction

contract

compaction

press

extort

wring

wrest

force

pressure

pushup

elbow

jostle

stuff

constrict

narrow

jam

wedge

stick

mash

push

shove

shoehorn

pinch

gouge

clinch

short

nip

squash

collapse

cram

crumple

crush

contracting

embrace

hug

shake

beat


Antonyms:

open

uncompress

unclench

decompress


Derivations:

squeezing

squeezable

squeezer

squeezability

squeezed


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Squeeze in Other Languages...

Spanish: Apretar

German: Drücken

French: Presser

Italian: Spremere

Turkish: Sıkmak


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