squeeze

[ skweez ]
/ skwiz /

verb (used with object), squeezed, squeez·ing.

verb (used without object), squeezed, squeez·ing.

noun

Origin of squeeze

1590–1600; perhaps variant of obsolete squize (Old English cwȳsan) to squeeze, with initial s by false division of words in sandhi

SYNONYMS FOR squeeze

OTHER WORDS FROM squeeze

squeez·er, noun squeez·ing·ly, adverb in·ter·squeeze, verb (used with object), in·ter·squeezed, in·ter·squeez·ing. un·squeezed, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for squeeze through

squeeze
/ (skwiːz) /

verb (mainly tr)

noun

Derived forms of squeeze

squeezable, adjective squeezer, noun

Word Origin for squeeze

C16: from Middle English queysen to press, from Old English cwӯsan

Idioms and Phrases with squeeze through (1 of 2)

squeeze through

Also, squeeze by. Manage to pass, win, or survive by a narrow margin, as in We squeezed through the second round of playoffs, or There was just enough food stored in the cabin for us to squeeze by until the hurricane ended. This idiom uses squeeze in the sense of “succeed by means of compression.” [c. 1700] Also see squeak by.

Idioms and Phrases with squeeze through (2 of 2)

squeeze