squeeze
Speech parts
1. squeeze - Noun
2. squeeze - Verb
Meaning
To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.
Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.
To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
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Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.
Berlin is the testicle of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin.
Some days I'm lucky to squeeze out a page of copy that pleases me, but I get as many as six or seven pages on a very good day; the average is probably three pages.
You can't squeeze blood from a rock.
He who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand.
A woman is like a lemon; you squeeze her and throw her away.