squeezes
Meaning of squeezes
verb, 3rd person present
- firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers.
Kate squeezed his hand affectionately
I cocked the gun and squeezed the trigger
he squeezed with all his strength
- manage to get into or through a narrow or restricted space.
Sarah squeezed in beside her
he found a hole in the hedge and squeezed his way through
- obtain (something) from someone with difficulty.
councils will want to squeeze as much money out of taxpayers as they can
- an act of squeezing something.
a gentle squeeze of the trigger
- a strong financial demand or pressure, typically a restriction on borrowing, spending, or investment in a financial crisis.
industry faced higher costs and a squeeze on profits
- a moulding or cast of an object, or an impression or copy of a design, obtained by pressing a pliable substance round or over it.
- a person's girlfriend or boyfriend.
the poor guy just lost his main squeeze
- an act of hitting a ball short to the infield to enable a runner on third base to start for home as soon as the ball is pitched.
mid 16th century: from earlier squise, from obsolete queise, of unknown origin.
Information about squeezes
- The singular form of squeezes is: squeeze.
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Hyphenation of squeezes
squeezes
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- squeezes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
squeezes synonyms
Meaning flatten by pressure; squeeze or press:
Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:
Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:
Meaning crush or squeeze (something) with force so that it becomes flat, soft, or out of shape:
Meaning grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb:
Meaning bite or pinch sharply:
Meaning seize and hold firmly:
Meaning take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly:
Meaning grasp (something) tightly:
Meaning make or become flat or flatter:
Meaning make (bread or pottery) by kneading flour or clay:
Meaning reduce (food or other substance) to a soft mass by crushing it:
Meaning crush into a soft, wet, shapeless mass:
Meaning squeeze and twist (something) to force liquid from it:
Meaning fasten or tighten with a screw or screws:
Meaning squeeze (someone) tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection:
Meaning hold (someone) closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection:
Meaning hold close in one's arms as a way of showing love or affection:
Meaning hold (someone) tightly:
Meaning hold or clasp (someone) lovingly in one's arms:
Meaning wrap up, cover, or surround completely:
Meaning hold tightly in one's arms:
Meaning cover or enclose in paper or soft material:
Meaning form a circle around; surround:
Meaning hold or clasp (someone) in one's arms affectionately or passionately:
Meaning force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort:
Meaning (of a number of people) move into (a restricted space):
Meaning force (people or things) into a place or container that is or appears to be too small to contain them:
Meaning fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel:
Meaning squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space:
Meaning push (someone or something) roughly:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning push, elbow, or bump against (someone) roughly, typically in a crowd:
Meaning push suddenly or violently in a specified direction:
Meaning obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means:
Meaning artificially hasten the development or maturity of (a plant):
Meaning obtain (something such as money or information) from someone unwilling to give it:
Meaning forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp:
Meaning exploit or defraud by taking small amounts of money over a period of time:
Meaning the action of compressing or being compressed:
Words that rhyme with squeezes
bezes, Deepfreezes, antifreezes, breezes, deepfreezes, defreezes, enfreezes, feezes, freezes, heezes, kameezes, neezes, pheezes, prefreezes, refreezes, sneezes, spreezes, tweezes, unfreezes, wheezes, fezes, friezes, lezes, mezes, siamezes, trapezes, Herezes, Prezes, prezes, trezes, oyezes, zezes
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