squeeze
/skwiːz/
verb
- To press something firmly, especially from opposite sides.
- The child squeezed the toy bear tightly in her arms.
- She squeezed the lemon to get juice for the recipe.
- He squeezed the tube of glue until a small drop came out.
- To force something into a tight or crowded space.
- I squeezed the suitcase into the overhead compartment on the plane.
- She squeezed one more book onto the already full shelf.
- They managed to squeeze five people into the small car.
- To manage to do something when you have very little time.
- We squeezed a short vacation into our busy schedule.
- I can squeeze a quick workout into my lunch break.
- He squeezed in a phone call between meetings.
- To put pressure on someone to do something, often to get money or information.
- The detective squeezed the suspect for a confession.
- The company tried to squeeze more work out of its employees without raising pay.
- The landlord squeezed the tenants for higher rent every year.
noun
- An act of pressing something firmly.
- He gave her hand a gentle squeeze to show he cared.
- She gave the stress ball a hard squeeze.
- A quick squeeze of the trigger fired the gun.
- A situation where there is not enough space or money.
- The housing squeeze in the city makes it hard to find an affordable apartment.
- Many families are facing a financial squeeze this year.
- The company is feeling the squeeze from rising costs.
- A small amount of liquid obtained by pressing.
- Add a squeeze of lemon to the tea for flavor.
- A squeeze of lime makes the salsa taste fresh.
- She put a squeeze of honey into her yogurt.