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Definition: Squeeze Out |
Squeeze OutVerb1. Force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts". 2. Make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter". 3. Extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth". 4. Obtain with difficulty: "He eked out some information from the archives". 5. Form or shape by forcing through an opening; as of metal. 6. Cause to come out in a squirt, of liquids. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Squeeze OutSynonyms: eject (v), eke out (v), extrude (v), force out (v), squirt (v), wring out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
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. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Squeeze Out |
| Specialty definitions using "squeeze out": PRESS OPERATOR ♦ SUGAR PRESSER ♦ TO GOUGE ♦ washing-machine operator. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "squeeze out": Ecthlipsis. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The paste squeeze out of the trash under 150 bars of pressure will go into biodigesters for composting. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "squeeze out": squeeze out of ♦ squeeze out of a car. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "squeeze out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | pars (squeeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtrydh (express, extract, extrude, press, press out, squash, squeeze, strain, wring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إبتز (blackmail, carry favor, carry favour, diddle, exact, extort, outdistance, pump, sting, swindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | измъквам се от (elude, put off, shuffle out of, skive, slip, squeeze out of, wriggle out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vytlaèit (dislodge, displace, eliminate, press up, supplant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | trykke ud. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitpersen (expression, rendering, squeezing), uitknijpen, uitknýpen, uitdrukken (express), persen (oppress, press, squeeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | elpremi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pursottaa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | soutirer, exprimer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ausquetschen (crush out, grill, pump, squeeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kicsikar (exact, extort, to exact, to extort, to extract, to hijack, to rack, to wheedle out of), kicsal (to call forth, to elicit, to juggle, to screw out, trick up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spremere (press, squeeze). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 絞り出す. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おし す (to crowd out, to push out, to squeeze out), もみ す (to begin to squeeze, to squeeze out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eezesquay outay ieşi dintr-o maşinã (squeeze out of a car). (various references) выжать (press out, wring out). (various references) sginn (gush out, protrude). (various references) istisnuti (extrude, press out, push out, supersede, supplant). (various references) exprimir (crush, dry, express, press, press out, squeeze, wring, wring out), excluir (bar, cut out, debar, except, exclude, include out, keep out, preclude, reject, rule out, shut out). (various references) frampressa (ejaculate, extract, utter). (various references) sıkarak çıkarmak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-o-q-s-t-u-u-z" | |
-3 letters: squeeze. | |
-4 letters: outsee, queues, quotes, toques, tuques. | |
-5 letters: quest, queue, quote, toque, touse, tuque, usque. | |
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