squeeze

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

squeezes

V_ing/Gerund

squeezing

V_ed/pp

squeezedsquoze

1.
(transitive)To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
I squeezed the ball between my hands.
Please don't squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.
2.
(transitive)To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
3.
(ambitransitive)To fit into a tight place.
I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.
Can you squeeze through that gap?
I squeezed myself through the crowd.
4.
(transitive)To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
He squeezed some money out of his wallet.
5.
(transitive)To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
I'm being squeezed between my job and my volunteer work.
6.
(figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
7.
(transitive)(transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

squeezes

1.
(countable, uncountable)An instance of squeezing.
to give something a squeeze
2.
(countable, uncountable)A close or tight fit.
3.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A difficult position.
I'm in a tight squeeze right now when it comes to my free time.
4.
(countable, uncountable)A hug or other affectionate grasp.
a gentle squeeze on the arm
5.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A romantic partner.
I want to be your main squeeze.
6.
(countable, slang, uncountable)An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
7.
(countable, uncountable)(baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
The game ended in exciting fashion with a failed squeeze.
8.
(countable, uncountable)(card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
9.
(countable, uncountable)(caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
It was a tight squeeze, but I got through to the next section of the cave.
10.
(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.
11.
(countable, uncountable)(mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
12.
(countable, dated, uncountable)The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.
13.
(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.
14.
(UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A person's neck.

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Đồng nghĩa

compress condense

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From earlier squize, squise (whence also dialectal English squizzen and squeege), first attested around 1600, further origin; 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 qväsa, kväsa (to squeeze, bruise, crush;