Usually means: Bunting with runners on base.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions
We found 22 dictionaries that define the word squeeze play:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. squeeze play: Merriam-Webster
  2. squeeze play: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. squeeze play: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. squeeze play: Collins English Dictionary
  5. squeeze play: Vocabulary.com
  6. squeeze play: Wiktionary
  7. squeeze play: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. squeeze play: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. squeeze play: Dictionary.com
  10. Squeeze Play (album), Squeeze Play, Squeeze play (baseball), Squeeze play (bridge): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. squeeze play: Rhymezone
  12. squeeze play: FreeDictionary.org
  13. squeeze play: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. squeeze play: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. squeeze play: Legal dictionary
  2. squeeze play: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squeeze play: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squeeze play: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squeeze play: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. squeeze play: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Squeeze play: Sports Definitions

(Note: See squeeze_plays as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (squeeze play)

noun:  (baseball) The tactic of bunting the ball to help a runner at third base score.
noun:  (figurative) An instance of 'squeezing' someone: a use of pressure or force to achieve one's goal.
noun:  (bridge) The tactic of running a suit to compel another player to waste potentially winning cards.
noun:  (poker) The tactic of reraising a raiser and a caller to compel one or both to fold, often as a bluff.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Words similar to squeeze play

Usage examples for squeeze play

Idioms related to squeeze play

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near squeeze play

Rhymes of squeeze play

Invented words related to squeeze play

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux