Definitions for squeeze

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Spelling: [skweez]

IPA: /skwiz/

Squeeze is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 25 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in squeeze (eeeqsuz).

Definitions for squeeze

noun

1. the act or fact of squeezing or the fact of being squeezed.
2. a clasping of one's hand around another's hand, arm, etc., as a token of affection, friendship, sympathy, or the like.
3. a hug or close embrace.
4. a troubled financial condition, especially caused by a shortage or restriction, as of credit or funds.
5. a small quantity or amount of anything obtained by squeezing.
6. squeak (def 3).
7. Slang. a sweetheart:
8. a facsimile impression of an inscription or the like, obtained by pressing some plastic substance over or around it.
9. squeeze play.
10. Bridge. a play or circumstance whereby an opponent is forced to waste or discard a potentially winning card.
11. an act of threatening, intimidating, harassing, or oppressing a person or persons to obtain a favor, money, or an advantageous attitude or action:
12. money or a favor obtained in such a way.

verb (used with object)

1. to press forcibly together; compress.
2. to apply pressure to in order to extract juice, sap, or the like:
3. to force out, extract, or procure by pressure:
4. to thrust forcibly; force by pressure; cram:
5. to fit into a small or crowded space or timespan:
6. to enclose (another person's hand, arm, etc.) in one's hand and apply pressure as a token of affection, friendship, sympathy, or the like:
7. to give (someone) a hug.
8. to threaten, intimidate, harass, or oppress (a person) in order to obtain a favor, money, or an advantageous attitude or action.
9. to cause financial hardship to:
10. to obtain a facsimile impression of.
11. to cause to merge, as two or more lines of traffic into fewer lanes.
12. Baseball. to enable (a runner on third base) to score on a squeeze play (often followed by in): to score (a run) in this way (often followed by in):
13. Bridge. to force (an opponent) to play a potentially winning card on a trick he or she cannot win.

verb (used without object)

1. to exert a compressing force.
2. to force a way through some narrow or crowded place (usually followed by through, in, out, etc.).
3. to merge or come together.

Origin of squeeze

1590-1600; perhaps variant of obsolete squize (Old English cwȳsan) to squeeze, with initial s by false division of words in sandhi

Examples for squeeze

That backpack was strictly for however many CDs I could squeeze in there.

The meat will feel tender and springy when you squeeze it with your fingers.

Throw them into the soup at the last, and also squeeze in the juice of a lemon.

When it is quite tender, take it up, and drain and squeeze it well.

Until now there's a man that can squeeze and ruin me any day, and that's Merchant.

Once again Russia brandishes the threat of a gas cutoff to squeeze Kiev and coerce Europe.

Bone was a highly competent managing editor, and contrived somehow to squeeze us into the tumultuous Post office.

Then take it out, drain, and squeeze it till it is as dry as you can get it.

They wanted Jet Blue to squeeze more passengers into the cabin.

Between her slew of appointments, Lennox manages to squeeze in enough time for no less than 40 different charities.