0 present participle of squeeze
1 to press something firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape, reduce its size, or remove liquid from it:
As she waited to go into the exam, he squeezed her hand (= pressed it affectionately with his hand) and wished her good luck.
Once he had finished cleaning the floor, he squeezed the cloth out.
He reloaded the gun, took aim, and then squeezed (= pulled back) the trigger.
figurative The studio is using all sorts of marketing tricks to squeeze as much profit from the movie as they can.
Small businesses are being squeezed by heavy taxation.
2 to get in, through, under, etc. with difficulty:
He squeezed Chuck's forearm and then glanced at his younger son.
Squeezing seven sections, comprising 23 chapters, into just over 200 pages is no mean feat.
Moreover, inflation depressed incomes, depriving manufacturers of customers for their efforts and squeezing savings that might have fostered capital growth.
The stretching and the squeezing modes are unstable for waves longer than the inner and the outer circumferences, respectively.
