1. (

• squeeze ,
• squeezing

) the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze" ;

2. (

• credit_crunch ,
• liquidity_crisis ,
• squeeze

) a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high ;

3. (

• squeeze

) a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits" ;

4. (

• squeeze

) (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze" ;

5. (

• squeeze ,
• wring

) a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" ;

6. (

• power_play ,
• squeeze_play ,
• squeeze ,

) an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power; "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away" ;

7. (

• hug ,
• clinch ,
• squeeze ,

) a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug" ;

8. (

• squeeze ,

) the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze" ;

1. (

• squash ,
• crush ,
• squelch ,
• mash ,
• squeeze ,

) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" ;

2. (

• squeeze

) press firmly; "He squeezed my hand" ;

3. (

• wedge ,
• squeeze ,
• force

) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" ;

4. (

• coerce ,
• hale ,
• squeeze ,
• pressure ,
• force

) 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" ;

5. (

• extort ,
• squeeze ,
• rack ,
• gouge ,
• wring

) 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" ;

6. (

• thrust ,
• stuff ,
• shove ,
• squeeze

) press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" ;

7. (

• pinch ,
• squeeze ,
• twinge ,
• tweet ,
• nip ,
• twitch

) squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" ;

8. (

• embrace ,
• hug ,
• bosom ,
• squeeze ,

) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" ;

9. (

• compress ,
• constrict ,
• squeeze ,
• compact ,
• contract ,
• press ,

) squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" ;