Meaning of Squeeze | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instance of squeezing.
   countable, uncountable
2. A close or tight fit.
   countable, uncountable
3. A difficult position.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. A hug or other affectionate grasp.
   countable, uncountable
5. A romantic partner.
   countable, slang, uncountable
6. An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
   countable, slang, uncountable
7. The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
   countable, uncountable
8. A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
   countable, uncountable
9. A traversal of a narrow passage.
   countable, uncountable
10. A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
    countable, uncountable
11. The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
    countable, uncountable
12. The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.
    countable, dated, uncountable
13. A bribe, fee, or extortionary price paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe or fee.
    countable, dated, uncountable
14. A person's neck.
    UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“to give something a squeeze”

to squeeze something

“Dip your sponge into the water, tehn turn it over and dip it again. That gets both sides wet. Now give it a squeeze to get most of the water out—but not all of it! You'll get the feel of how much water you need in your sponge as you practice with the clay.”

“I'm in a tight squeeze right now when it comes to my free time.”

“There is a growing recognition that, as the population ages and the squeeze on NHS resources continues, better ways of supporting older people outside hospital need to be developed.”

“a gentle squeeze on the arm”

“I want to be your main squeeze.”

““No, Mona. Her new squeeze is one of Wage's boys.””

“He spent nights cruising queer bars near the pad, saw Wiltsie at the dives, but always in the company of his squeeze, a guy he called 'Duane.'”

“His young squeeze had just backed out and had not seen the assault on her “sugar daddy” when it happened!”

“But even considering that, he might have been a bit more restrained if he hadn't run into his former sexy squeeze, Penny Atieno.”

“The game ended in exciting fashion with a failed squeeze.”

“It was a tight squeeze, but I got through to the next section of the cave.”

“The most notorious squeezes have names: the Gun Barrel, Jam Crack, the Electric Armpit Crawl, Devil's Pinch.”

“Prior to going back out to Mystery Cave again we spent a lot of time preparing. We made a squeeze box, which is a wooden box the opening of which can be adjusted in size. We could then crawl through the opening and measure to see how tight of a squeeze we could fit through.”

“Nollekens, finding his wife always benefited by these visits, never refused White a squeeze of a patera, or any thing that would answer his purpose; […] White […] had turned his wine-cellars into manufactories for the produce of cast coins, and moderns squeezes from Roman lamps.”

“Thus was established a powerful Chinese combination, which maintained itself by submitting to a heavy "squeeze" at the hands of the Viceroy and Governor of Canton on the one hand and of the Hoppo on the other.”

“If the licence […] was costly, it secured to them uninterrupted and extraordinary pecuniary advantages; but on the other hand it subjected them to 'calls' or 'squeezes' for contributions to public works, […] for the relief of districts suffering from scarcity […] as well as for the often imaginary […] damage caused by the overflowing of the 'Yangtse Keang' or the 'Yellow River.'”

“The mattress shop had been bought with the proceeds of squeeze obtained by him from a former American employer.”

“They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect.”

“"Got his description putty close: Short black 'air, black whiskers, with a crips^([sic]) curl at the hedges; a white choker, tight round his squeeze; dressed in black, and orful hugly," remarked the policeman.”

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