squeeze

US /skwiz/

UK /skwi:z/

C1

Noun (Countable/Uncountable)

  • Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
  • Act of putting pressure on, as to get liquid out
  • When there is not enough space for things/people
  • Act of firmly pressing on two or more sides

Transitive Verb

  • To force or threaten someone to give you something
  • To strongly compress something to get liquid out
  • To press together the opposite sides of something
  • To reduce the amount of something

Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)

  • To be pressed together or crowded into an area