Usually means: Apply pressure to compress something.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word squeeze:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. squeeze: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. squeeze, the squeeze: Merriam-Webster
  3. squeeze, squeeze: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. squeeze: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. squeeze: Collins English Dictionary
  6. squeeze: Vocabulary.com
  7. Squeeze, squeeze: Wordnik
  8. squeeze: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. squeeze: Wiktionary
  10. squeeze: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. squeeze: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. squeeze: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. squeeze: Dictionary.com
  14. squeeze: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. squeeze: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Squeeze (Fiona album), Squeeze (Squeeze album), Squeeze (The Velvet Underground album), Squeeze (The Walking Dead), Squeeze (The X-Files), Squeeze (Velvet Underground album), Squeeze (album), Squeeze (band), Squeeze (film), Squeeze, The Squeeze (The Road Hammers album), The Squeeze: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Squeeze: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. squeeze: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. squeeze: Rhymezone
  20. squeeze: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. squeeze: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Squeeze: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. squeeze: FreeDictionary.org
  24. squeeze: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. squeeze: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. squeeze: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Squeeze: bizterms.net
  4. Squeeze: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  5. Squeeze: Investopedia
  6. Squeeze (band), squeeze: Legal dictionary
  7. Squeeze (band), Squeeze: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Squeeze (band), squeeze: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Squeeze (band), squeeze: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squeeze: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Squeeze: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Squeeze: Backgammon
  2. Squeeze: Fifthchair Bridge
  3. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  2. The Stamp Store Glossary (concrete) (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See squeezability as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
verb:  (transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
verb:  (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
verb:  (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
verb:  (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
noun:  An instance of squeezing.
noun:  A close or tight fit.
noun:  (figuratively) A difficult position.
noun:  A hug or other affectionate grasp.
noun:  (slang) A romantic partner.
noun:  (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
noun:  (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
noun:  (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
noun:  (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
noun:  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.
noun:  (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
noun:  (dated) The situation experienced by a middleman when pressured from both sides, especially financially.
noun:  (dated) A bribe, fee, or extortionary price paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe or fee.
noun:  (UK, slang, obsolete) A person's neck.

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