[skweez] 
,verb, squeezed, squeez⋅ing, noun | 1. | to press forcibly together; compress. |
| 2. | to apply pressure to in order to extract juice, sap, or the like: to squeeze an orange. |
| 3. | to force out, extract, or procure by pressure: to squeeze juice from an orange. |
| 4. | to thrust forcibly; force by pressure; cram: to squeeze three suits into a small suitcase. |
| 5. | to fit into a small or crowded space or timespan: The doctor will try to squeeze you in between appointments. |
| 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: His father squeezed his hand and wished him luck. |
| 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: manufacturers squeezed by high tariffs. |
| 10. | to obtain a facsimile impression of. |
| 11. | to cause to merge, as two or more lines of traffic into fewer lanes. |
| 12. | Baseball.
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| 13. | Bridge. to force (an opponent) to play a potentially winning card on a trick he or she cannot win. |
| 14. | to exert a compressing force. |
| 15. | to force a way through some narrow or crowded place (usually fol. by through, in, out, etc.). |
| 16. | to merge or come together. |
| 17. | the act or fact of squeezing or the fact of being squeezed. |
| 18. | a clasping of one's hand around another's hand, arm, etc., as a token of affection, friendship, sympathy, or the like. |
| 19. | a hug or close embrace. |
| 20. | a troubled financial condition, esp. caused by a shortage or restriction, as of credit or funds. |
| 21. | a small quantity or amount of anything obtained by squeezing. |
| 22. | squeak (def. 3). |
| 23. | Slang. a sweetheart: his main squeeze. |
| 24. | a facsimile impression of an inscription or the like, obtained by pressing some plastic substance over or around it. |
| 25. | squeeze play. |
| 26. | Bridge. a play or circumstance whereby an opponent is forced to waste or discard a potentially winning card. |
| 27. | an act of threatening, intimidating, harassing, or oppressing a person or persons to obtain a favor, money, or an advantageous attitude or action: gangsters putting the squeeze on small businesses. |
| 28. | money or a favor obtained in such a way. |
