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squeeze::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | power play, squeeze play |
| Type of | endeavor, attempt, try, effort, endeavour |
squeeze::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | coerce, force, hale, pressure |
| Type of | oblige, obligate, compel |
| Has types | terrorize, dragoon, drive, bring oneself, bludgeon, railroad, sandbag, squeeze for, steamroll, steamroller, terrorise, turn up the heat, turn up the pressure |
He squeezed her for information.
squeeze::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | credit crunch, liquidity crisis |
| Type of | financial condition |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clinch, hug |
| Type of | embracing, embracement, embrace |
squeeze::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | squeezing |
| Type of | compressing, compression |
| Has types | extrusion, tweak, pinch, expulsion, expression |
he gave her cheek a playful squeeze.
squeeze::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | constriction |
getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze.
Examples of squeeze
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With every rinse and squeeze of my colon, I was talked through what I could see.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Designers also have to squeeze in a lot of functionality into a small land area.
From the orlandosentinel.com
When the gelatine is soft, squeeze out excess water and stir into the hot juice.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Drain, then squeeze out the excess water in a clean tea towel, and chop roughly.
From the guardian.co.uk
Using your hands, squeeze the vegetables just enough to remove the excess water.
From the sfgate.com
Complaints about having to squeeze into a tuxedo or toe-pinching stiletto heels?
From the denverpost.com
Higher interest rates would raise borrowing costs and squeeze corporate profits.
From the dailyherald.com
Of course, we'll at least squeeze a little extra cash out of the real deadbeats.
From the theatlantic.com
Return spinach to colander and, using a wooden spoon, squeeze out excess liquid.
From the dallasnews.com
- The act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
- Squash: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
- Credit crunch: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
- Press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"
- A situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"
- Wedge: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"
- Squeeze are an English band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. ...
- A squeeze play (or simply squeeze) is a play in contract bridge and other trick-taking games in which the play of a card (the squeeze card) forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up a trick (or more). The squeeze card is often, but not always, a winner. ...
- Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move") is a term originally used in chess which also applies to various other games. The concept finds its formal definition in combinatorial game theory. ...
