squeeze

v

1. compress, pinch, tweak, crush, squash, Dial. squish; compact, press together, force together, constrict, constringe, astringe, tighten, contract, condense, concentrate, consolidate; shorten, reduce, retrench, curtail, cut down, cut back, cut off, cut short; decrease, diminish, subtract, subduct, narrow, bridge; abbreviate, abridge, abstract, summarize, digest, epitomize, brief, synopsize.

2. wring, twist, extract the juice from, crush.

3. thrust, push, shove, press, wedge, pack, ram, force, jam, crowd, stuff, cramp, Obs. constipate.

4. hug, embrace, take into one's arms, clasp, press to one's bosom, embosom, enfold, Sl. clinch; clasp or shake hands, clutch, grasp, hold onto, grip.

5.Informal. extort, wrest, wrench, tear from, wring, extract; blackmail, milk, Inf. bleed, get out of, pry out, obtain by force; shake down, Inf. put the bite or shake on, put the arm on [s.o.]Sl. lean on or against, put the screws to [s.o.].

6.Usu. squeeze through

press forward, make one's way, wedge, slip through, Inf. elbow or shoulder one's way, shove or push through, fight one's way through.

n

7. compression, pinching, pressing together, constriction, constringency; crowding, crushing, packing, cramming, ramming, stuffing, wedging, cramping; condensation, condensing, concentration, consolidation, compaction, compacting; shortage, shortening, reduction, reducing, retrenchment, contraction, contracting; curtailment, cut, cutting down or back, cutting short; decrease, diminution, subtraction, sub-duction, narrowing, bridging; abbreviation, abridging, abstracting, summarizing, digesting, epitomizing, synopsizing.

8. hug, embrace, clasp, tight hold, Sl. clinch, bear hug; handclasp, handshake, grasp, grip, clutch.

9. small quantity, drip, drop, droplet, particle, pinch, bit, dab, spot, mite, speck, dash.

10.Informal. coercion, force, extortion, blackmail, shakedown, exaction; wrenching, wringing, extraction, elicitation, milking, Inf. bleeding.