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Synonyms for squeeze
skwizsqueeze
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Princeton's WordNet
squeeze, squeezingnoun
the act of gripping and pressing firmly
"he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
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clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hugcredit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeezenoun
a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
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clinch, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, squeezing, credit crunch, squeeze play, hugsqueezenoun
a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer
"increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"
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clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hugsqueezenoun
(slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend
"she was his main squeeze"
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clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hugsqueeze, wringnoun
a twisting squeeze
"gave the wet cloth a wring"
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clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hugpower play, squeeze play, squeezenoun
an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
"she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away"
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clinch, wring, power play, squeezing, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hughug, clinch, squeezenoun
a tight or amorous embrace
"come here and give me a big hug"
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clinch, clench, clamp, power play, squeezing, liquidity crisis, wring, credit crunch, squeeze play, hugsqueezeverb
the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space
"getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"
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clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hugsquash, crush, squelch, mash, squeezeverb
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
"crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
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comminute, twitch, suppress, vanquish, pressure, crush, squish, grind, romance, rack, quell, twinge, splash, dally, hale, beat, press, jam, smash, wring, flirt, force, embrace, crunch, trounce, coquette, shove, thrust, chat up, demolish, butterfly, compress, hug, beat out, tweet, slop, mash, quench, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squash, philander, bosom, pinch, coquet, break down, slosh, coerce, oppress, wedge, squelch, bray, constrict, splosh, gouge, shellsqueezeverb
press firmly
"He squeezed my hand"
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stuff, embrace, twitch, extort, squelch, hug, force, constrict, wring, hale, rack, coerce, thrust, press, crush, twinge, tweet, shove, pinch, pressure, compress, wedge, bosom, mash, contract, squash, gouge, compactwedge, squeeze, forceverb
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
"I squeezed myself into the corner"
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extort, draw, storm, stick, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, lodge, contract, deposit, stuff, squash, compact, pinch, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, constrictcoerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, forceverb
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
"He squeezed her for information"
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draw, storm, blackjack, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, blackmail, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, constrict, cart, contract, extort, stuff, squash, compact, pinch, drag, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, haulextort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringverb
obtain by coercion or intimidation
"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
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pressure, crush, scud, coerce, rack, contort, thrust, press, twitch, wring from, rout, gouge, tweet, embrace, force, shove, single-foot, torment, twinge, compress, hug, wrench, contract, excruciate, extort, stuff, distort, squash, compact, pinch, wring, hale, mash, torture, force out, bosom, wedge, deform, squelch, constrictthrust, stuff, shove, squeezeverb
press or force
"Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
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extort, pressure, crush, scarf out, lug, rack, twinge, constrict, overindulge, binge, stuff, gouge, tweet, embrace, thrust, gormandize, shove, gormandise, throw, glut, compress, engorge, gourmandize, pig out, ingurgitate, coerce, block, overeat, contract, hale, press, lunge, jostle, hurtle, squash, twitch, bosom, pinch, wring, push up, mash, englut, wedge, hurl, hug, force, choke up, pierce, squelch, compact, farce, overgorge, satiate, gorgepinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitchverb
squeeze tightly between the fingers
"He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
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cabbage, hook, pressure, nobble, thrust, clip, rack, sting, hale, filch, twitch, gouge, tweet, top, jerk, force, lift, shove, crimp, abstract, twinge, compress, hug, flip, pilfer, embrace, prick, purloin, snarf, compact, press, extort, stuff, sneak, contract, squash, nip off, bosom, twirp, pinch, swipe, wring, mash, coerce, snip off, wedge, squelch, snip, constrict, crush, vellicateembrace, hug, bosom, squeezeverb
squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
"Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"
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hug, twitch, espouse, rack, pressure, encompass, thrust, press, gouge, sweep up, embrace, adopt, force, shove, twinge, compress, tweet, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squash, bosom, pinch, wring, hale, mash, coerce, comprehend, cover, wedge, squelch, constrict, crushcompress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, pressverb
squeeze or press together
"she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
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fight, adjure, weigh, pressure, crush, narrow, thrust, get, rack, cut, pack together, foreshorten, undertake, hale, press, twitch, pack, gouge, tweet, embrace, bundle, agitate, force, pinch, shove, weight-lift, sign up, sign on, twinge, compress, urge, hug, shrink, concentrate, campaign, sign, abridge, reduce, take, condense, contract, iron, crusade, extort, stuff, urge on, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, constrict, press out, weightlift, iron out
Editors Contribution
choke (verb)
obstruct one’s throat
she choked on a tiny fish bone
Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
squeezeverb
Synonyms:
compress, gripe, pinch, nip, press closelysqueezeverb
squeezeverb
Synonyms:
press, crowd, force a way, urge one's way
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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How to use squeeze in a sentence?
A lot of us, our hands aren’t quite big enough to palm a basketball, but if you find a ball that isn’t inflated that well and squeeze it, it may be easier to palm.
Carnival is synonymous with partying, and animals are too. They give us so much happiness, i couldn't wait for this. Now that I see them all cute and dressed up, I want to squeeze them all.
There is a bit of respite, but this is not the turnaround, it's a technical squeeze, we are cautious from a global emerging markets perspective and short-term bearish tactically.
Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper until you get the right answer.
The Fed's statement earlier in the week helped to squeeze us higher. But the market doesn't have a high degree of conviction at the moment, the outlook remains one of sub-trend growth and low inflation. The downgrades in Italy illustrate that we're not out of the woods as far as growth is concerned.
Translations for squeeze
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- عصرArabic
- serrar, esprémer, apretar, estrènyerCatalan, Valencian
- zmáčknout, [[vmáčknout]] seCzech
- trykke, knus, presse, mase, klemme, trangt sted, knugeDanish
- Klemme, pressen, quetschen, zwängen, Engpass, drückenGerman
- στριμώχνωGreek
- apuro, exprimir, crisis, apretarSpanish
- ahtaa, puristus, ahdistaa, puristaa, rypistys, kaivaaFinnish
- serrer, tasser, presser, comprimerFrench
- espremer, apertarGalician
- faastManx
- présel, nyom, beprésel, kiprésel, gyömöszöl, zsúfol, összenyomHungarian
- խցկել, ճզմել, սեղմելArmenian
- spremere, strizzare, serrare, stringereItalian
- 絞る, スクイズ, 押し込める, 搾る, 絞り出す, 板挟み, 板挟みにあう, 押す, 抱きしめ, スクイズする, 締め付ける, 拓本, ギュッとするJapanese
- comprimōLatin
- mamotsitraMalagasy
- ramiMāori
- ညှစ်Burmese
- persen, drukken, klemmen, knijpenDutch
- ałchʼįʼjiinihNavajo, Navaho
- sarrarOccitan
- ficante, espremer, apertarPortuguese
- schmatgear, smatger, smaccar, schmacher, schmachar, smatgarRomansh
- strânge, stoarceRomanian
- вти́скивать, вы́жать, пожатие, сда́вливать, выда́вливать, сти́снуть, сдави́ть, сжать, сти́скивать, впихну́ть, вти́снуть, сжима́ть, выжима́ть, впи́хивать, вы́давитьRussian
- tripiare, atipriare, ispremiare, tirpiare, tilpiare, tropiare, trupiareSardinian
- shtrëngojAlbanian
- klapp, knipa, tränga, dra, slita, kläm, klämma, krama, kram, lirkaSwedish
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