0 past simple and past 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.
Without really challenging hierarchy they still squeezed concessions out of village leaders, turning a weakness into strength.
Thus, economic and democratic reforms are both possible if they can be squeezed into this unique time period.
During compression the fabric structure deforms and the water is squeezed out of the paper and the fabric.