squeeze meaning
UK /skwiːz/ US /skwiz/ 1 syllable
squeeze (verb): to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.
squeeze has 17 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.
squeeze as a verb
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- crush an aluminum can
- squeeze a lemon
Synonyms: squash, crush, squelch, mash
Type of: press
Kinds: wring, stamp, steamroller, tread, telescope
Related forms: squeezer
- press firmly
- He squeezed my hand
Type of: press
Kinds: clench
Related forms: squeezing
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- I squeezed myself into the corner
Type of: move
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- She forced him to take a job in the city
- He squeezed her for information
Synonyms: coerce, hale, pressure, force
Type of: compel
Kinds: turn up the heat, drive, bludgeon, steamroller, squeeze for, dragoon, terrorize, bring oneself
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
Synonyms: extort, rack, gouge, wring
Type of: overcharge
Kinds: bleed
- press or force
- Stuff money into an envelope
- She thrust the letter into his hand
Synonyms: thrust, stuff, shove
Type of: push
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
- He pinched her behind
- She squeezed the bottle
Synonyms: pinch, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
Type of: grip
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
- Hug me, please
- They embraced
- He hugged her close to him
Type of: clasp
- squeeze or press together
- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
Synonyms: compress, constrict, compact, contract, press
Type of: tighten
Kinds: choke, prim, astringe, strangulate, convulse, bear down
squeeze as a noun
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly
- he gave her cheek a playful squeeze
Synonyms: squeezing
Type of: compression
Kinds: pinch, expression, extrusion
- a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
Synonyms: credit crunch, liquidity crisis
Type of: financial condition
- a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
- increased expenses put a squeeze on profits
Type of: loss
- (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
- she was his main squeeze
Type of: lover
- a twisting squeeze
- gave the wet cloth a wring
Synonyms: wring
Type of: movement
- an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
- she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away
Synonyms: power play, squeeze play
Type of: attempt
- a tight or amorous embrace
- come here and give me a big hug
Type of: embrace
- the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
- getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze
Type of: constriction
How to pronounce squeeze
squeeze is pronounced /skwiːz/ in British English and /skwiz/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.
Words that rhyme with squeeze
Scrabble score: 25 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with SQ · words ending in ZE · 7-letter words
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