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squeeze en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From earlier squize, squise (whence also dialectal English squizzen and squeege), first attested around 1600, further origin uncertain; probably an alteration of quease (which is attested since 1550), from Middle English queisen (“to squeeze”), from Old English cwȳsan (“to crush, squeeze”), itself also of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare Swedish qväsa, kväsa (“to squeeze, bruise, crush; quell”), Dutch kwetsen (“to injure, hurt”), German quetschen (“to squeeze”)). Or, a blend of obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”) (whence also squash and squish) with quease. Compare also French esquicher from Old Occitan esquichar (“to press, squeeze”).
The slang expression "to put the squeeze on (someone or something)", meaning "to exert influence", is from 1711. The baseball term "squeeze play" is first recorded 1905. "Main squeeze" ("most important person") is attested from 1896, the specific meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested in 1970s.
The nonstandard strong forms squoze and squozen, attested dialectally since at least the mid-19th century, are by analogy with freeze.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An instance of squeezing.
to give something a squeeze
Dip your sponge into the water, tehn turn it over and dip it again. That gets both sides wet. Now give it a squeeze to get most of the water out—but not all of it! You'll get the feel of how much water you need in your sponge as you practice with the clay.
2016 October 10, Ann Pelo, The Language of Art: Inquiry-Based Studio Practices in Early Childhood Settings, Redleaf Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 98:
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(countable, uncountable) A close or tight fit.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A difficult position.
There is a growing recognition that, as the population ages and the squeeze on NHS resources continues, better ways of supporting older people outside hospital need to be developed.
2016 June 30, Kate Murray, “How occupational therapists help keep older people out of hospital”, in The Guardian:I'm in a tight squeeze right now when it comes to my free time.
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(countable, uncountable) A hug or other affectionate grasp.
a gentle squeeze on the arm
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(countable, slang, uncountable) A romantic partner.
His young squeeze had just backed out and had not seen the assault on her “sugar daddy” when it happened!
2012, J. Lamar, Tip Tap Toe, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 141:I want to be your main squeeze.
“No, Mona. Her new squeeze is one of Wage's boys.”
1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 9:He spent nights cruising queer bars near the pad, saw Wiltsie at the dives, but always in the company of his squeeze, a guy he called 'Duane.'
1988, James Ellroy, Dudley Smith Trio: The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential, White Jazz, Random House, →ISBN, page 459:But even considering that, he might have been a bit more restrained if he hadn't run into his former sexy squeeze, Penny Atieno.
2014, N. Lombardi Jr., Journey Towards a Falling Sun, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:
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(countable, slang, uncountable) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
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(countable, uncountable) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
The game ended in exciting fashion with a failed squeeze.
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(countable, uncountable) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
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(countable, uncountable) A traversal of a narrow passage.
Prior to going back out to Mystery Cave again we spent a lot of time preparing. We made a squeeze box, which is a wooden box the opening of which can be adjusted in size. We could then crawl through the opening and measure to see how tight of a squeeze we could fit through.
2016, Diego Rodriguez, The Caver: Dig ... But Not to Far, Munich: BookRix, →ISBN:The most notorious squeezes have names: the Gun Barrel, Jam Crack, the Electric Armpit Crawl, Devil's Pinch.
2003, Barbara Hurd, “The Squeeze”, in Entering the Stone: On Caves and Feeling through the Dark, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 11:It was a tight squeeze, but I got through to the next section of the cave.
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(countable, uncountable) A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
Nollekens, finding his wife always benefited by these visits, never refused White a squeeze of a patera, or any thing that would answer his purpose; […] White […] had turned his wine-cellars into manufactories for the produce of cast coins, and moderns squeezes from Roman lamps.
1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 65:
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(countable, uncountable) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
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(countable, dated, uncountable) The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.
Thus was established a powerful Chinese combination, which maintained itself by submitting to a heavy "squeeze" at the hands of the Viceroy and Governor of Canton on the one hand and of the Hoppo on the other.
1898, Archibald R. Colquhoun, China in Transformation, page 47:
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(countable, dated, uncountable) A bribe, fee, or extortionary price paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe or fee.
The mattress shop had been bought with the proceeds of squeeze obtained by him from a former American employer.
1928, China Digest, volume 10, page 10:They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:If the licence […] was costly, it secured to them uninterrupted and extraordinary pecuniary advantages; but on the other hand it subjected them to 'calls' or 'squeezes' for contributions to public works, […] for the relief of districts suffering from scarcity […] as well as for the often imaginary […] damage caused by the overflowing of the 'Yangtse Keang' or the 'Yellow River.'
1882, William C. Hunter, The "Fan Kwae" at Canton before treaty days 1825-1844:
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(UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A person's neck.
"Got his description putty close: Short black 'air, black whiskers, with a crips^([sic]) curl at the hedges; a white choker, tight round his squeeze; dressed in black, and orful hugly," remarked the policeman.
1860, The London Journal, page 146:
Forms
Deriveds
squeeze machine · squeeze bore · squeeze ball · tight squeeze · short squeeze · squeeze theorem · winkle squeeze · the juice is worth the squeeze · squeeze boxer · suicide squeeze · squeezedness · safety squeeze · squeeze play · credit squeeze · squeeze-bore · coastal squeeze · squeeze chute · put the squeeze on · squeeze zoom
Relateds
squeegee · squish · squash
Translations (31)
id acuan kertas (epigraphy: an impression of an inscription) · ja 抱きしめ (hug or other affectionate grasp) · ja ギュッとする (hug or other affectionate grasp) · de Klemme (difficult position) · sv kläm (difficult position) · da knus (hug or other affectionate grasp) · fi puristus (hug or other affectionate grasp) · sv klapp (hug or other affectionate grasp) · ja 拓本 (epigraphy: an impression of an inscription) · da klemme (difficult position) · fi rypistys (caving: traversal of a narrow passage) · es apuro (difficult position) · sv kram (hug or other affectionate grasp) · ko 스퀴즈 (baseball: the act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third) · fi puristus (difficult position) · de Abklatsch (epigraphy: an impression of an inscription) · sh zagrljaj (hug or other affectionate grasp) · pt apuro (difficult position) · de Engpass (caving: traversal of a narrow passage) · pt ficante (slang: a romantic partner) · bg прегръдка (hug or other affectionate grasp) · ja 板挟み (difficult position) · ru пожа́тие (hug or other affectionate grasp) · pt aperto (difficult position) · bg затруднение (difficult position) · es crisis (difficult position) · sh stiska (difficult position) · ja スクイズ (baseball: the act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third) · sv knipa (difficult position) · da trangt sted (caving: traversal of a narrow passage) · id abklats (epigraphy: an impression of an inscription)
squeeze en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From earlier squize, squise (whence also dialectal English squizzen and squeege), first attested around 1600, further origin uncertain; probably an alteration of quease (which is attested since 1550), from Middle English queisen (“to squeeze”), from Old English cwȳsan (“to crush, squeeze”), itself also of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare Swedish qväsa, kväsa (“to squeeze, bruise, crush; quell”), Dutch kwetsen (“to injure, hurt”), German quetschen (“to squeeze”)). Or, a blend of obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”) (whence also squash and squish) with quease. Compare also French esquicher from Old Occitan esquichar (“to press, squeeze”).
The slang expression "to put the squeeze on (someone or something)", meaning "to exert influence", is from 1711. The baseball term "squeeze play" is first recorded 1905. "Main squeeze" ("most important person") is attested from 1896, the specific meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested in 1970s.
The nonstandard strong forms squoze and squozen, attested dialectally since at least the mid-19th century, are by analogy with freeze.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To apply pressure (to something) from two or more sides at once.
"Over there—by the rock," Steele muttered, with his brush between his teeth, squeezing out raw sienna, and keeping his eyes fixed on Betty Flanders's back.
1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter I, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC, page 6:Start squeezing gently, without moving the bag at first (to form a wide base for the stem), then raise the bag as you squeeze. Continue to raise the bag after you’ve stopped squeezing, to form a tall point.
2010, Alice Medrich, “Piping Meringue Mushrooms”, in Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies, New York, N.Y.: Artisan, →ISBN, page 290:Please don't squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.
I squeezed the ball between my hands.
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(transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
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(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
Could he not squeeze under the seat of a carriage? He had seen this method adopted by schoolboys, when the journey- money provided by thoughtful parents had been diverted to other and better ends.
1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:Can you squeeze through that gap?
It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them.
2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.
I squeezed myself through the crowd.
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(transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
He squeezed some money out of his wallet.
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(intransitive) To barely manage to.
I managed to squeeze through the exam with a D.
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(transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
I'm being squeezed between my job and my volunteer work.
At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.
2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013:
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(figuratively, transitive) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
a Civil War where People must expect to be crush'd and squeez'd in the Consequence
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:However he lost out, as other business interests whom he had alienated by his efforts to squeeze every penny of profit from the canal, supported the construction of the railway.
2025 June 25, Christian Wolmar, “How slow boats gradually gave way to rail”, in RAIL, number 1038, page 57:
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(transitive) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.
Forms
Deriveds
oversqueezed (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeezedness (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeezer (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze into (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeezingly (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · nonsqueezing (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze off (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squizzle (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze the pips (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze box (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · exsqueeze me (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze blood from a turnip (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze one out (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze stile (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze in (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · scrunch (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · synchrosqueezed (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze under (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze blood out of a turnip (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze play (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · unsqueeze (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · scruze (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeezebox (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeezable (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · resqueeze (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze out (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze-grape (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeeze up (terms derived from the verb "squeeze") · squeezy (terms derived from the verb "squeeze")
Synonyms
condense · compress (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once)
Translations (244)
es apretujar (to fit into a tight place) · de klemmen (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · gu નિચોવવું (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · my ညှစ် (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fi puristaa (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · pl ściskać (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · cmn 擠壓 /挤压 (to fit into a tight place) · oc esquichar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · mi kotē (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · kix thīp (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · cmn 壓榨 (to fit into a tight place) · ca apretar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · zza pıloğnen (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · es apañuscar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · zea niepe (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sc tilpiare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · tsg puga (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · it strizzare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fr pressurer (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · fax (L) ixprimil (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · roa-leo apeguñare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ca serrar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hy սեղմել (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sc tripiare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · rm smatgar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · no presse (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ja 押す (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fur strenzi (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · no kveste (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · de quetschen (to fit into a tight place) · pt espremer (to fit into a tight place) · cmn 捏 (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da presse (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · is kreista (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · cmn 擠 /挤 (to fit into a tight place) · oc estrénher (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · dsb tłocyś (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ba ҡыҫыу (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · mk стисне (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fur striçâ (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · de pressen (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · cmn 擠 /挤 (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sv krama (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · th บีบ (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · be сці́снуць (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ja 絞る (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · nv yiyiinih (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · an pretar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ta பிழி (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ia pressar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fr serrer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hy ճզմել (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · fr comprimer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru вы́давить (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · sv tränga (to fit into a tight place) · es apremir (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ace prah (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · mi rami (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sh сти́скати (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · it stringere (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · vi bóp (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · uk стиска́ти (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · mi whakawhetē (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sv slita (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · sh stȉsnuti (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ro strânge (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · cu гнести (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · izh loukata (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · km គាប (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · bg промушвам се (to fit into a tight place) · de zwängen (to fit into a tight place) · ja 搾る (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · bg изстисквам (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · bg стискам (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru вти́снуть (to fit into a tight place) · grc πιέζω (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fax (M,V) apretal (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · el στριμώχνω (to fit into a tight place) · oc esprémer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da trykke (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ba һығыу (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da klemme (to fit into a tight place) · ttj -miga (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ka ჩაგვრა (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · be ці́снуць (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ast apertar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru впихну́ть (to fit into a tight place) · no klemme (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · es espichar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru впи́хивать (to fit into a tight place) · sc atipriare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ia exprimer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hu gyömöszöl (to fit into a tight place) · es escolarse (to fit into a tight place) · ja 締め付ける (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · nmn tʻkxʻām (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fi ahdistaa (to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices) · tr sıkmak (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · el ζουλώ (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · gv faast (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru сдави́ть (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ja 絞る (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · dlm strengar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · uk сти́скувати (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sv trycka (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ext apretar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · nl persen (to fit into a tight place) · hi निचोड़ना (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · lt spausti (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · tr sıkıştırmak (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · mg fia (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da knuge (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · oc sarrar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hu zsúfol (to fit into a tight place) · cmn 壓榨 (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fr tasser (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · an apretar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hu szorít (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · roa-leo encalcare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · nl drukken (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru сти́снуть (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · rm smaccar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · pt apertar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ba тығыу (to fit into a tight place) · rm schmacher (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · vi đè (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sk stisnúť (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fax (L,M) arrecinchal (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · de drücken (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · cmn 擠壓 /挤压 (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · it spremere (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · rm smatger (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru выжима́ть (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · ar عَصَرَ (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · es exprimir (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sv klämma (to fit into a tight place) · ka დაჩაგვრა (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · it serrare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hu kiprésel (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · kea spremi (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · es apretar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru сжать (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · uk сти́снути (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ja スクイズする (baseball: to attempt to score a runner from third by bunting) · az sıxmaq (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sl stiskati (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sv lirka (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · fax (M,V) exprimil (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fur strucâ (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fi puristaa (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · cs vmáčknout se (to fit into a tight place) · fur sfracajâ (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru вти́скивать (to fit into a tight place) · gl espremer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · no trykke (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · de quetschen (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ko 스퀴즈하다 (baseball: to attempt to score a runner from third by bunting) · ca estrènyer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sl stisniti (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ro stoarce (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hi दबाना (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru сжима́ть (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da presse (to fit into a tight place) · no knuse (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · rm schmachar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · el σφίγγω (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sq shtrëngoj (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · nl persen (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sh stískati (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · rap gatu (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sv slita (to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices) · nl knijpen (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · pl ścisnąć (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · it spremersi (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · rup stringu (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · zza taden (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru вы́жать (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · tet buti (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · vi ép (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · nl drukken (to fit into a tight place) · mk стиска (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · be сціска́ць (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ia premer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru сти́скивать (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · io klemar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · eu estutu (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · tyz bọp (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sa पीडयति (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sco pran (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · tum kukama (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ttj -kamuura (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · cs zmáčknout (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da klemme (to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices) · hy ճզմրտուք (baseball: to attempt to score a runner from third by bunting) · is þrýsta (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · mk тиска (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ky эзүү (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · su rames (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hu beprésel (to fit into a tight place) · ko 짜다 (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hy խցկել (to fit into a tight place) · ja 板挟みにあう (to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices) · cy gwasgu (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da klemme (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ja 絞り出す (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · sv klämma (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · txb klup- (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ja 押し込める (to fit into a tight place) · da mase (to fit into a tight place) · km កៀប (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · pam apsalan (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sc tropiare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sc tirpiare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · la constringō (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · gl apertar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · rm schmatgear (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · kk езу (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · id remas (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fax (L,V) apertal (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · es escolar (to fit into a tight place) · fi kaivaa (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · nl klemmen (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sv dra (to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices) · mg mamotsitra (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · da presse (to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices) · ru выда́вливать (to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty) · nb skvise (to fit into a tight place) · gl retrincar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ru сда́вливать (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · ca esprémer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fi ahtaa (to fit into a tight place) · eo elpremi (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · fr presser (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · bg промушва се (to fit into a tight place) · es despichar (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · hsb tłóčić (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sc ispremiare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · uk ти́снути (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · lt suspausti (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · pt espremer (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · la comprimō (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sc trupiare (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · grc θλίβω (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) · sh сти̏снути (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once)