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Squeeze

Definition: Squeeze

Squeeze

Noun

1. The act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze".

2. A twisting squeeze: "gave the wet cloth a wring".

3. An aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power.

Verb

1. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon".

2. Press firmly; "He squeezed my hand".

3. Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner".

4. Press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand".

5. Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle".

6. Hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced".

7. Squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "squeeze" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Note: Squeeze \Squeeze\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Squeezed; Squeezing.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: Squeeze

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

A digital picture manipulator effect where the picture is compressed (made smaller). Source: European Union. (references)

Finance

An official action taken by a central bank or government to reduce supply in order to force up the price of money. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

To compress, e. g. to expel moisture. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A crushing of coal or other materials with the roof moving nearer to the floor, due to the weight of the overlying strata b. The settling, without breaking, of a mine roof over a considerable area of workings. Also called creep; crush; pinch; nip. c. The effect of the closure of stope walls on supports placed between them d. A passageway in a cave that is very narrow and can be passed by a person only with great difficulty e. Applied to sections in coal seams where they have become constricted by the squeezing in of the overlying or underlying rock as a result of pressure during folding or other movements f. A pinch of a vein in passing through hard bands of rock g. To inject a grout into a borehole under high pressure h. The plastic movement of a soft rock in the walls of a borehole or mine working that reduces the diameter of the opening i. Pumping cement back of casing under high pressure to block off or re-cement channeled areas j. The rapid or gradual closing of a mine working by the displacement of weak floor strata from beneath supporting pillars into adjacent minerooms. See also:want. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Squeeze

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Squeeze were a British pop/rock band. Founded in 1974 in London, England, they broke up in 1982, re-formed in 1985, and broke up again 1999, this time apparently for good.

The founding members were Chris Difford (guitar, vocals), Glenn Tilbrook (vocals, guitar), Jools Holland (piano), and Paul Gunn (drums). Gilson Lavis replaced Gunn on drums and Harry Kakoulli joined on bass in 1976. Their debut album was produced by John Cale for A&M Records.

John Bentley replaced Harry Kakoulli on bass after the latter's firing in 1978. Jools Holland was next to exit, being replaced with Paul Carrack in 1980. East Side Story, perhaps Squeeze's most successful album, was released in 1981, produced by Elvis Costello and Roger Bechirian, and featured Carrack's lead vocals on "Tempted." However, Carrack would leave after the release of East Side Story, and was replaced on keyboards by John Snow. After Sweets from a Stranger was released the next year, Difford and Tilbrook broke up the band.

However, 1985 saw the return of Squeeze, now featuring Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, Lavis, and Kevin Wilkinson on bass. Andy Metcalfe of the Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians joined the next year to supplement Holland's keyboards. His tenure with the band would only last a year, however.

Jools Holland left Squeeze again in 1989, and Gilson Lavis left in 1992. By this point Squeeze was basically a trade name for Difford and Tilbrook plus sidemen. Players with Squeeze during the 1990s included drummer Pete Thomas and pianist Steve Nieve of Elvis Costello's Attractions, drummer Kevin Wilkinson, Don Snow, Hilaire Penda, Ashley Soan, and Jools's brother Christopher Holland. Chris Difford effectively broke up the band in 1999 with his announcement that he was taking a hiatus from working with Glenn.

Discography:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Squeeze."

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Synonyms: Squeeze

Synonyms: power play (n), squeeze play (n), squeezing (n), wring (n), bosom (v), compact (v), compress (v), constrict (v), contract (v), crush (v), embrace (v), force (v), hug (v), mash (v), nip (v), pinch (v), press (v), shove (v), squash (v), squelch (v), stuff (v), thrust (v), tweet (v), twinge (v), twitch (v), vellicate (v), wedge (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Squeeze

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Compulsion

Extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain.

Contraction

Render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate; boil down; constrict, constringe; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf; shorten; circumscribe; restrain.

Courtesy

Receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade.

Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute.

Density

Condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate; compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.

Ejection

Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind).

Extraction

Express, squeeze out, press out.

Giving

Present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out.

Interposition

Put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Squeeze

English words defined with "squeeze": chuck, clench, compact, compress, constrict, contractforcenippat, pinch, pressream, rub alongsandwich, scissor grip, scissors, scissors grip, scissors hold, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, Scrouge, Scruze, Skinch, squeak by, squeeze by, squeeze for, Squeezed, straiten, strangle, strangulatethrottle, To milk the street, tweak, tweet, twinge, twitchvellicatewedge, wring. (references)
Specialty definitions using "squeeze": ALMOND BLANCHER, HAND, ALMOND-BLANCHER OPERATORBACK WASHER, barotrauma, bladder pump, BLEACH-RANGE OPERATOR, BOIL-OFF-MACHINE OPERATOR, CLOTHcrush-injurydip-tube assembler, machineExudates and TransudatesFarm inputs, finding fastener, FURNITURE ASSEMBLERgive me a squeezeHerringMASKING-MACHINE OPERATORnumerical analysisPAD-EXTRACTOR TENDER, PALLET-STONE INSERTER, parts assembler, pattern setter, PIN-OR-CLIP FASTENER, PRESS OPERATORride over, ROPE-SILICA-MACHINE OPERATOR, RUM SQUEEZEscronge, SEALER, SETTER, MOLDING-AND-COREMAKING MACHINES, SPAGHETTI-MACHINE OPERATOR, SQUEEZE CRAB, SQUEEZE WAX, STAINING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SUGAR PRESSERTO GOUGEwashing-machine operator. (references)
Etymologies containing "squeeze": Ecthlipsismagma, MulligrubsSympiesometer. (references)

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Modern Usage: Squeeze

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Squeeze his ass son, you'll like it. (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

I can't squeeze a drop without say-so. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

They'll shave your liver, squeeze the jelly from your eyes! (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott)

Why didn't he ask me to squeeze his zit? (Grosse Pointe; writing credit: Amy Engelberg; Wendy Engelberg)

I just want you to squeeze my teats and harvest my milk. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Lyrics

Freeze when I squeeze, drop to your knees (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M)

No corner you could squeeze me (The Space Between; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

You gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a little, tease a little more (Pour Some Sugar On Me; performing artist: Def Leppard)

All you gotta do is hold him and kiss him and squeeze him and love him (Wishin' And Hopin'; performing artist: Dusty Springfield)

Movie/TV Titles

Deep Freeze Squeeze (1964)

A Tight Squeeze (1914)

Squeeze (1998)

The Big Squeeze (1996)

Hard Squeeze (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Squeeze

DomainTitle

Books

  • Kelsey on Squeeze Play: Simple Squeezes (reference)

  • Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (reference)

  • Squeeze Play: Caught Between Work and Home: Practical Meditations for Men (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Squeeze

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Squeeze

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

"A tight squeeze" - using trucks on a primary triangulation party Triangulation party of E. W. Eickelberg. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The canyon walls squeeze in on the creek in the Narrows of the western end. Credit: Christine Maxa.

Just the same old squeeze. Credit: Library of Congress.

The squeeze box. Credit: Library of Congress.

Squeeze play. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Squeeze is on. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Squeeze".

PlayCaption
Smash; flatten; squeeze.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Squeeze

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Do not squeeze or scratch pimples. (references)

One of its main roles, though, is to squeeze fluid into the urethra as sperm move through during sexual climax. (references)

Unlike normal red cells, which are usually smooth and donut-shaped, the sickled red cells cannot squeeze through small blood vessels. (references)

Business

The paste squeeze out of the trash under 150 bars of pressure will go into biodigesters for composting. (references)

The credit squeeze means that only the highest priority projects, like the Three Gorges Dam, are likely to be approved. (references)

In short, Greece has a plentitude of experienced small businessmen that are feeling the economic squeeze and are looking for new opportunities. (references)

Economic History

Tanzania

As a result of this liquidity squeeze, ATC is listed under the privatization program. (references)

Egypt

Government employees are judged on their ability to squeeze the final penny from the lowest bidder. (references)

Cuba (09/01)

Rather than expanding private sector opportunities, in recent years, the government has been attempting to squeeze more of these private sector entrepreneurs out of business and back to the public sector. (references)

Human Rights

Burma

There are credible first-hand reports that, during interrogations, officials place metal rods between prisoners' fingers and squeeze them in an attempt to injure the prisoners' hands, and pour hot wax on prisoners' backs. (references)

Trade

Azerbaijan

Western commercial lenders are still hesitant about the region following the Russian financial crisis of August 1998. The relative volatility of the Caucasus region, combined with the undercapitalization of the Azeri banking sector, puts a further squeeze on availability and terms of trade and project finance. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Squeeze

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981As noted above, some of the actions I took last year were for the purpose of providing relief from the cost-price squeeze facing farmers.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001To those who would cut Medicare without protecting seniors, I say the solution to today's squeeze on middle-class working people's health care is not to put the squeeze on middle-class retired people's health care.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Squeeze

"Squeeze" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 42.75% of the time. "Squeeze" is used about 916 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)42.75%39214,171
Noun (singular)31.95%29316,984
Lexical Verb (base form)25.19%23119,761
Noun (common)0.11%1339,140
                    Total100.00%916N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Squeeze

Expressions using "squeeze": a tight squeeze budget squeeze cash squeeze credit squeeze financial squeeze funding squeeze safety squeeze safety squeeze play squeeze a lemon squeeze bottle squeeze box squeeze by squeeze dry squeeze for squeeze in squeeze off squeeze oneself into a car squeeze out squeeze out of squeeze out of a car squeeze past squeeze play squeeze smb.'s hand squeeze smth. out of squeeze the trigger squeeze through squeeze tight squeeze together squeeze water out of a sponge suicide squeeze suicide squeeze play tight squeeze wage squeeze. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "squeeze": squeeze-box, squeeze-into-a-car, squeeze-stile, squeeze-up.

Ending with "squeeze": credit-squeeze, ex-squeeze.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Squeeze

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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550

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13

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404

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13

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355

dvd serial squeeze

13

soul squeeze

55

b b squeeze tight

13

sorenson squeeze

45

breast squeeze

12

squeeze tit

42

red hot chili pepper soul to squeeze

12

lyrics soul squeeze

40

erlanger squeeze play

12

download dvd squeeze

35

dvd review squeeze

11

lyrics squeeze

33

3.0 dvd squeeze

11

dvd squeeze free download

31

squeeze toy

10

dvd free squeeze

30

short squeeze

10

boob squeeze

26

dvd squeeze v4.0

10

squeeze bottle

21

suicide squeeze

10

squeeze box

19

soul squeeze tab

10

4.0 dvd squeeze

17

squeeze play

9

chute squeeze

17

plastic squeeze bottle

9

city squeeze surf

16

lyrics squeeze tempted

9

testicle squeeze

16

jean squeeze

8

squeeze technique

14

4 dvd squeeze

8

squeeze story testicle

14

squeeze breeze

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Squeeze

Language Translations for "squeeze"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

druk (oppress, press). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

shtypje (crush, dint, oppression, press, pressure, printing, repression, suppression, transcription, trituration), shtyp (bruise, clench, compact, crush, Dent, depress, die, grind, newspapers, oppress, organ, override, pestle, pound, press, print, push down, quash, quell, repress, run down, run over, scotch, squash, stamp, step, strike off, suppress, swat, trample, trample down, triturate, type, tyrannize), shtrydh (express, extract, extrude, press, press out, squash, squeeze out, strain, wring), shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), shtrëngim (clutch, coercion, compulsion, constriction, constringency, contraction, fastening, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hug, jam, jamming, jaw, pinch, pressure, restraint, strangulation), zhvat (bleed, cadge, claw back, coax, devour, extort, filch, fleece, hog, Rob, spoil, Winkle, worm, wrest), përqafoj (cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, fold, hug, strain, take on, take smb. in), nxjerr me shtrëngesë, nguc (tighten), ngjeshje (compression, conciseness, congestion, cram, density, jam, jaw, jostle, squash), ngjesh (clench, compact, compress, gird on the sword, huddle, jam, jostle, masticate, mix, pack, ram down, tamp), i zë frymën (overlie, stifle, strangle, suffocate, wind), çaj përmes. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عصر (age, compress, compressing, crush, date, eon, epoch, era, period, press, ream, strain, time, update, wring), ‏دخل بصعوبة, ‏شق طريقة بصعوبة, ‏أدخل (allow, bill, come in, heel, inject, insert, introduce, let in, press, put in, send in, show in, slot, take in, yield), ‏أرهق (beat, break, exhaust, fatigue, gruel, harass, labor, labour, lie, load, overload, overstrain, pump, run down, saddle, soak, tax, try, tucker, weary, weigh, weigh down, weight), ‏أزمة (crisis, recession, seizure, turn), ‏أقحم (infix, inset, interject, interpolate, nuzzle, poke, stab, stick, stuff, thrust, wedge, work in, wring), ‏إبتز المال (graft, racketeer), ‏إكتظاظ (cheek by jowl, congestion, overcrowding), ‏بصمة (fingerprint, impress, imprint, mark, print), ‏طبعة (edition, impression, output, print, printing, publishing), ‏كبس على, ‏عناق (caress, clasp, conversion, cuddle, embracing, grasp, hug, hugging), ‏زحمة (obstruction, press, scramble, squash, throng), ‏سحق (bash, batter, beat, beating, bow, break, crack, crumple, crunch, crush, flatten, grind, jam, levigate, mow, overwhelm, pound, pounding, powder, pulverization, pulverize, put down, quash, reduce, run over smth., scotch, slam, smash, squash, squelch, steam roller, suppress, sweep, trample, tread, triturate, trituration), ‏حفنة (handful), ‏وضع صعب (straits), ‏قيود (bands, bonds, chains, constraint, constriction, curb, handcuffs, manacles, qualifications, shacks, trammels), ‏مقبض (grasp, grip, grip handle, haft, handgrip, handle, inlet, lever, lug, panhandle, power outlet, shaft, shank, socket, stick), ‏كبس (compress, press, pressure, ram), ‏ضغط (bear in mind, compress, compressing, compression, crowd, depress, duress, force, hustle, jam, lay stress on smth., lean, lobby, lobbying, pinch, press, pressure, push, screw, smash, strain, stress, telescope, tension). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

мачкам (crease, crumple, knead, mash, maul, paw, squash, squish, work), изцеждане, изстисквам (crush, press, press out, sap, wring), изстискване (wring), икономически натиск, принуда (bondage, coercion, constraint, duress, force, lash, necessity, pressure), притискам (constrict, embosom, jam, pin, pin down, pinch, press, press down, screw, snuggle, strain, strangulate, throng, weight down), притискане (constriction, jam, jamming, press), притеснявам (discomfort, fidget, incommode, inconvenience, pinch, push, put smb. out, rush, screw up), прищипвам, изцеждам (rack, strain, wring), блъскане (hustle, jostle, moil), стискане (clench, grip, gripe, press, wring), натиск (arm-twisting, compression, compulsion, delivery, heat, pressure, push, screw, stress, thrust, urgency), незаконна комисионна, отпечатък (impress, impression, imprint, indent, print, print off, pull, reprint, seal, stamp, track, type), тъпча (cram, glut, jam, ply, ram, shovel, stodge, stuff, tread), сгъстявам (coagulate, compact, compress, condense, evaporate, inspissate, set, thicken), скуизирам, скуизиране, упражнявам икономически натиск, стискам (clasp, clench, grasp, pinch, press, screw, set), процеждам. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

挤压 (Extrude, Extruded, Extruding, Extrusion), "扁 (squash). (various references)

   

Czech

  

stlaèit (compress, depress, press down, pull down), stlaèení (compression), stisknutí, stisknout (constrict, depress, press), stisk (grip, press), sevření (clasp, clutch, constriction, grip, holdfast, pinch), zmáèknout, vymaèkat (press out), trocha (dash, taste, touch), tlaèenice (crowd, crush, hustle, jam, jamming, overcrowding, squash, throng), protlaèit se, otisk (impression, imprint, print, type), nával (crush, flush, influx, paroxysm, squash, surge), nátřesk, maèkání. (various references)

   

Danish

  

trykke (oppress, press, print). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

persen (oppress, press, squeeze out), knellen (oppress, press), drukken (oppress, press, print), dringen (hurry, oppress, press, push, thrust, urge). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

premi (oppress, press). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

spenna (oppress, press, strech, wind up), trýsta (oppress, press, push, thrust), kroysta (oppress, press). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فشاردادن (Hustle, Yerk), فشار (Brunt, Constraint, Hustle, Impact, Oppression, Press, Pressure, Strain, Stress, Tension, Thrust, Zip), فشرده (Massive, Succinct), فشردن (Crush, Pressure, Tighten, Twitch, Wad, Wring), چپاندن (Cram, Jam, Stuff, Thrust), چلاندن (Crush, Wring), له کردن (Mangle, Maul, Pummel, Quash, Rase, Scotch, Squash, Squelch), زوراوردن (Straiten, Wrest), اب میوه گرفتن , بزورجادادن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

puristaa (be tight, compress squeeze, jam, oppress, press). (various references)

   

French

  

presser, serrer. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

drukke (oppress, press). (various references)

   

German

  

quetschen (bruise, contuse, crimp, crush, jam, mash, pinch, press, squash, squish, to contuse, to queeze, to squish), pressen (cutting, force, huddle, oppress, press, pressure, squeezers, to huddle, to press, to squeeze), drücken (be oppressive, bring down, dampen, depress, discard, force down, hawk, hitting, huddle, keep down, lower, nip, oppress, pinch, press, pressure, push, pushing, shirk, strain, strike, to actuate, to depress, to press, to queeze, to shirk, weigh), zwängen (cram, force, oppress, press, ram, wedge, worm), auspressen (bleed white, crush out, press out, squeeze dry, squeeze out, to squeeze). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στριμώχνω (corner, crowd, pack, press, put on the spot, sandwich), στίβω (screw), ζουλώ (contuse, crush, squash). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

למו' (dissolve, melt, soften), למעוך (bruise, crush, press, pulverize, squash, stub), למרס (mix, stir), למצות (drain out, exhaust, express, extract, suck), למסמס (crush, dissolve, soothe, thaw), ללחוץ בכוח, לעסות (knead, massage, press), לעסוס (crush), ל"חוק (importune, oppress, pack, pinch, press, thrust, urge), לסחוט (exact, pinch, press, tap, wring), ""חס" (compression), צפיפות (compactness, congestion, consistency, crowding, density, jam, thickness), סחיט" (extortion, pressing, squeezing, wringing). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szorítás (clench, cramp, grab, grip, pinch, pressure, splice, wring), préselés (chequered pattern, chequering, compaction, extruding, extrusion, squeezing, tooling), összenyomás (compression, crush, squeezing), vizsga (exam, examination, go, matriculation, test), szorongatás (stranglehold), megszorítás (crunch, limitation, restraint, restriction, stint, stipulation, stringency, wring), korlátozás (abridgement, abridgment, circumscription, coercion, confinement, crunch, cutback, delimination, limit, limitation, qualification, qualifier, restraint, restriction, retrenchment, stint), kipréselt gyümölcslé. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mencolek (remove, take a small piece of), memerah (milk, redden (color:)), gencet (suppress, urge), cengkaman. (various references)

   

Italian

  

stringere (be tight, clasp, clench, clutch, draw up, embrace, enlace, fold, grasp, grip, hug, inlace, make, make it brief, oppress, pinch, press, tighten), premere (be of interest, bear down, bear down on, depress, matter, oppress, press, pull, push), serrare (bolt, clasp, clench, close, jam, lock, lock oneself, oppress, press, press hard upon, shut, tighten). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

スキャンロン方式 (child-rearing with frequent physical contact, door-to-door condom sales-lady, reskilling, Scanlon plan, school, school bus, school color, school zone, schooling, schoolmate, schooner, scoop, scooter, scramble, scramble race, scrambled eggs, scrap, scrap and build, scrapbook, scratch, scratch hit, scratch match, scratch noise, scratch player, scratch race, scrub, scrum, scrum half, scrummage, scuba, scuba diving, self-contained under-water breathing apparatus, skill, skillful, skills inventory system, skin, skin care, skin cream, skin diver, skin diving, skin food, skinheads, square, square dance, square neckline, square stance, squeeze bunt, squeeze play, squid). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

スクイズ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

짜기. (various references)

   

Manx

  

traastey (press, squeezing), traast, faastey (compress, compression, twist, wring, wringing), cungaghey (shrivel, wrinkle), craishtey (model, press, shape), craishtaghey. (various references)

   

Maya

  

yedz (to squeeze). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

primi (oppress, press). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eezesquay

   

Polish

  

ściskać. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

comprimir (astringe, compact, compress, constrict, jam, oppress, pack, pinch, press, pump up, retrench, screw, tighten, tuck, wring), espremer (crush, oppress, press, squash, wring), apertar (belay, belt, brace, clamp, clasp, clip, clutch, constrain, constrict, grasp, jam, narrow, nip, oppress, pinch, press, ram, run, screw, tamp, tighten, wring). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se bãga cu forţã, se înghesui (bunch together, crowd, hustle, jam, jostle, pack, shoal, squash), strecura (edge, filter, fly, glissade, insinuate, interject, intermingle, interpose, percolate, slink, slip), se strânge (bank up, close, collect, convolve, cuddle, curl up, draw, flock, furl, herd, jam, join, mass, mob, nuzzle, pack, pile up, snuggle, squash, straiten), sili (bind, coerce, compel, constrain, endeavor, endeavour, force, huff, necessitate, oblige, push on, try, urge), smulge (carry away, draw out, elicit, extirpate, extort, pick off, pull, pull up, rend away, rend off, Rive, snatch, tear out, uproot, worm out of, wrest, wring, yank), stoarce (crush, drain, exhaust, express, extort, extort from, fleece, force, milk, pinch, press, screw, soak, swindle, twist, wring), stoarcere (expression, extortion, wring), strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), strângere (accumulation, amassment, clench, collection, constriction, contraction, grip, gripe, hug, jam, nip), înghesui (accumulate, amass, bay, beat a path, corner, cram, crib, crowd, heap, jam, jostle, nip, pack, pile up, stack, stuff), obţine cu forţa, ieşi cu forţã, furişa (skulk, sneak), comprimare (compression, condensation, constriction, nip), apãsa (bear, bear on, depress, emphasize, jam, oppress, press, push, push down, stress, torment, torture), amprentã a unei chei, îngrãmãdi (accumulate, acerbate, aggregate, assemble, clump, cram, crowd, drift, garner, gather, heap, huddle, jam, lumber, lump, pack, pile, pile up, put in a heap, throng), presa (calender, compress, crowd, dun, force, impact, jam, journalism, nip, press, push, stress, urge). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сжимать (clasp, clench, compress, constrict, contract, grip, jam, pinch, shrank, shrunk, squeezed, strain, strangulate, tighten, vice, vise). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

plùch (press), f isg (compress, wring), dinn (force down, prep.pron. off us, press). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

stisnuti (clench, constrict), stiska, stisak (clasp, grip), progurati (push through, put through, shoulder), natrpati (bulk, cram, cram in, heap up, jam, lumber, stuff), nagruvati (cram, grind, stuff), iznuđenje, iscediti (press out, screw out of, wring, wring out), gužva (affray, brawl, crowd, crush, jam, melee, pother, row, shindy, stir, tussle). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

apretar (bind, clasp, clench, clutch, constrain, constrict, cramp, fasten, grasp, grip, hug, oppress, pack down, pinch, press, press down, pull, purse, push, push down, quicken, ram, screw, snuggle, subtend, tighten, tighten up, turn, turn on), presión (calaboose, compression, press, pressure, stress), oprimir (actuate, aggrieve, compress, grasp, grind, grind down, hold down, keep down, oppress, overburden, press, push, suppress, to queeze), exprimir (crush, dry, express, press, press out, squeeze out, wring, wring out), apretón (clasp, clutch, grasp, grip, handgrip, press, pressure, shaking). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

trycka (clasp, crush, force, oppress, opress, press, print, push), pressa (clentch, crush, drive, extend, hustle, iron, jam, press, push, rice, screw, wring), krama (clasp, cuddle, embrace, give a hug, hug, jam, wring), klämma (clamp, clip, jam, pickle, pinch, press, scrape, shut, squash). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sıkışma (having hard time, incarceration, jamming, pressure), sığdırmak, sıkışıklık (block, congestion, constriction, denseness, density, jam, press, stringency), sıkışmak (be cramped for space, be pinched, be pinched for time, be pressed for, be pushed, be stuck, be taken short, catch, jam, jam in, tighten), sıkıştırma (compression, importunity, incarceration, pressing, push), sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, besiege, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clamp down, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, grip, heckle, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, straiten, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh), sıkma (clasp, constriction, extrusion, gripping, harassment, pressing, squeezing, wring), sıkmak (ail, bore, bother, Chevy, chivvy, chivy, clench, constipate, constrict, crush, cumber, depress, distress, extrude, give the willies, grip, harass, hatchel, hold tight, incommode, irk, jam, load, make fast, mope, oppress, pinch, press, pressurize, pull on, ream, ream out, straiten, strangulate, tighten), suyunu çıkarmak (cream, ream, ream out), sığmak, zorla almak (exact, extort, grab, rape, reave, Rob, snatch, usurp, wrench, wrench smth. away from smb., wrench smth. from smb., wrest, wring), tıkıştırmak (cram, huddle, huddle together, shove, stuff, tuck), baskı (arm-twisting, coaction, coercion, compulsion, constraint, crackdown, crush, discipline, duress, edition, force, heat, impression, leverage, oppression, piezo-, press, press up, pressure, print, printing, repression, restraint, screw, stress, suppression, the press, thrust, typographic, urgency), zorla alma (exaction, extortion, usurpation, wrest), para sızdırmak (blackmail, bleed, bleed smb., clean out, gouge, shake down, tap, touch), kucaklama (caress, clasp, cuddle, embrace, embracing, hug, hugging), izdiham (concourse, confluence, conflux, congestion, cram, crowd, jam, mob, multitude, press, stampede, throng), ezmek (Bray, comminute, crunch, crush, domineer, grind, hold down, knock over, mangle, mash, oppress, overbear, overwhelm, pound, pulverize, quash, run down, run over, scrunch, smash, squash, squelch, squish, stamp, stave in, steamroller, stump, swat, trample, trample down, tread, tread under foot, tyrannize, weigh down), ezilmek (be crushed, be put upon, grind), baskı yapmak (bear against, coerce, constrain, constrict, force, impress, keep down, lean on, oppress, press, press for, press-gang smb. into doing smth., pressure, pressurize, push, put leverage on smb., put the bite on smb., sit upon, stress, subdue, tyrannize, urge, urge against, use force). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

sykmak (press). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стискувати (clench, clip, compact, compress, link), стиснення (grip, nip, pinch, pressing, shrinkage, wring), тіснота, вижимати (press), видавлений сік, примушувати (bring, cause, coerce, compel, concuss, constrain, enforce, force, oblige, urge, will), потиск (clasp). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự vắt (crush, expression, wring, wrung), sự véo sự ôm chặt đám đông, sự siết (constriction), sự chen chúc sự hạn chế, sự ăn chặn, sự ép (compression, crush, expression, press, reduction). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwasgu (crush, press, wring), gwasgfa (fit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Squeeze

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

constricti, constringantur, constringatur, constringe, constringes, constringit, constringitur, constringuntur, constrinxerant, constrinxerit, expressa, expressam, expressas, expresserant, expressi, expresso, exprimeretis, perurguebant, perurguebat, perurguente, perurguere, premere, premo, tribulabat, tribulabitur, tribulabo, tribulamini, tribulamur, tribulant, tribulantes, tribulantis, tribulantium, tribularentur, tribularer, tribulas, tribulasti, tribulato, tribulatus, tribulaverat, tribulaverunt, tribulavit, tribulor, urgeat, urget, urguebant, urguebantque, urguebat, urguerent, urgueret, urgues, ursi. (various references)

Old English450-1100

cwysan. (various references)

Old French900-1400

estreindre. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Squeeze

Derivations

Words beginning with "squeeze": squeezed, squeezer, squeezers, squeezes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Squeeze" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: queez, queze, Sequenza, skeez, skeeze, skeezer, sqeeze, squeaz, squeaze, squeege, squeese, squeesh, squeez, squeezee, squege, squese, squeze, squezer, squezze, squiege. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Squeeze"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "squeeze" (pronounced skwē"z)
3-w ē" zwheeze.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Squeeze

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-q-s-u-z"

-3 letters: zees.

-4 letters: see, sue, suq, use, zee.

-5 letters: es, us.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-q-s-u-z"
 

+1 letter: squeezed, squeezer, squeezes.

 

+2 letters: squeezers.

 

+3 letters: squeezable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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