squeeze

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From earlier squize, squise (whence also dialectal English squizzen and squeege), first attested around 1600, further origin uncertain; probably an alteration of quease (which is attested since 1550), from Middle English queisen (“to squeeze”), from Old English cwȳsan (“to crush, squeeze”), itself also of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare Swedish qväsa, kväsa (“to squeeze, bruise, crush; quell”), Dutch kwetsen (“to injure, hurt”), German quetschen (“to squeeze”)). Or, a blend of obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”) (whence also squash and squish) with quease. Compare also French esquicher from Old Occitan esquichar (“to press, squeeze”). The slang expression "to put the squeeze on (someone or something)", meaning "to exert influence", is from 1711. The baseball term "squeeze play" is first recorded 1905. "Main squeeze" ("most important person") is attested from 1896, the specific meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested in 1970s. The nonstandard strong forms squoze and squozen, attested dialectally since at least the mid-19th century, are by analogy with freeze.

261 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: затруднение (zatrudnenie) — difficult position
• Danish: klemme — difficult position
• Finnish: puristus — difficult position
• German: Klemme — difficult position
• Japanese: 板挟み (itabasami) — difficult position
• Portuguese: aperto — difficult position
• Portuguese: apuro — difficult position
• Serbo-Croatian: stiska — difficult position
• Spanish: apuro — difficult position
• Spanish: crisis — difficult position
• Swedish: kläm — difficult position
• Swedish: knipa — difficult position
• Bulgarian: прегръдка (pregrǎdka) — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Danish: knus — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Finnish: puristus — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Japanese: 抱きしめ (dakishime) — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Japanese: ギュッとする (gyutto suru) — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Russian: пожа́тие (požátije) — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Serbo-Croatian: zagrljaj — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Swedish: kram — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Swedish: klapp — hug or other affectionate grasp
• Portuguese: ficante — slang: a romantic partner
• Japanese: スクイズ (sukuizu) — baseball: the act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third
• Korean: 스퀴즈 (seukwijeu) — baseball: the act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third
• Danish: trangt sted — caving: traversal of a narrow passage
• Finnish: rypistys — caving: traversal of a narrow passage
• German: Engpass — caving: traversal of a narrow passage
• German: Abklatsch — epigraphy: an impression of an inscription
• Indonesian: abklats — epigraphy: an impression of an inscription
• Indonesian: acuan kertas — epigraphy: an impression of an inscription
• Japanese: 拓本 (takuhon) — epigraphy: an impression of an inscription
• Acehnese: prah — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Albanian: shtrëngoj — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Arabic: عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Armenian: սեղմել (seġmel) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Aromanian: stringu — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Azerbaijani: sıxmaq — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Bashkir: ҡыҫыу (qıśıw) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Basque: estutu — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Belarusian: сціска́ць (sciskácʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Belarusian: сці́снуць (scísnucʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Belarusian: ці́снуць (císnucʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Bulgarian: стискам (stiskam) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Burmese: ညှစ် (hnyac) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Catalan: esprémer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Catalan: estrènyer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Catalan: serrar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Catalan: apretar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓榨 (yāzhà) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Chinese Mandarin: 擠壓 /挤压 (jǐyā) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Chinese Mandarin: 擠 /挤 (jǐ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Chinese Mandarin: 捏 (niē) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Czech: zmáčknout — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Dalmatian: strengar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Danish: trykke — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Danish: klemme — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Danish: presse — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Danish: knuge — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Dutch: drukken — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Dutch: klemmen — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Dutch: persen — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Dutch: knijpen — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Esperanto: elpremi — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Finnish: puristaa — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• French: presser — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• French: comprimer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• French: tasser — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• French: serrer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Friulian: sfracajâ — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Friulian: strenzi — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Friulian: striçâ — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Friulian: strucâ — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Galician: espremer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Galician: apertar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Galician: retrincar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Georgian: დაჩაგვრა (dačagvra) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Georgian: ჩაგვრა (čagvra) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• German: drücken — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• German: klemmen — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• German: pressen — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• German: quetschen — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Greek: σφίγγω (sfíngo) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Greek: ζουλώ (zouló) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ancient Greek: πιέζω (piézō) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ancient Greek: θλίβω (thlíbō) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Gujarati: નિચોવવું (nicovvũ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Hindi: निचोड़ना (nicoṛnā) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Hindi: दबाना (dabānā) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Hungarian: szorít — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Icelandic: þrýsta — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ido: klemar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Indonesian: remas — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ingrian: loukata — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Interlingua: premer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Interlingua: pressar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Interlingua: exprimer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Italian: spremere — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Italian: stringere — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Italian: serrare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Italian: strizzare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Japanese: 押す (osu) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Japanese: 締め付ける (shimetsukeru) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Japanese: 絞る (shiboru) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Japanese: 搾る (shiboru) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Japanese: 絞る (shiboru) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Kabuverdianu: spremi — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Kapampangan: apsalan — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Kazakh: езу (ezu) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Khmer: កៀប (kiep) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Khmer: គាប (kiep) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Korean: 짜다 (jjada) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Kyrgyz: эзүү (ezüü) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Latin: comprimō — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Latin: constringō — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Lithuanian: spausti — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Lithuanian: suspausti — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Macedonian: тиска (tiska) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Macedonian: стиска (stiska) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Macedonian: стисне (stisne) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Malagasy: mamotsitra — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Malagasy: fia — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Manx: faast — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Māori: rami — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Māori: whakawhetē — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Khiamniungan Naga: thīp — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Navajo: yiyiinih — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Norwegian: trykke — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Norwegian: klemme — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Norwegian: presse — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Norwegian: kveste — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Norwegian: knuse — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Occitan: sarrar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Occitan: esprémer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Occitan: esquichar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Occitan: estrénher — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Old Church Slavonic: гнести (gnesti) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Polish: ściskać — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Polish: ścisnąć — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Portuguese: espremer — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Portuguese: apertar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Rapa Nui: gatu — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romanian: strânge — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romanian: stoarce — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romansh: smatgar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romansh: smaccar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romansh: schmatgear — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romansh: smatger — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romansh: schmacher — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Romansh: schmachar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Russian: сда́вливать (sdávlivatʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Russian: сдави́ть (sdavítʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Russian: сти́скивать (stískivatʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Russian: сти́снуть (stísnutʹ) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sanskrit: पीडयति (pīḍayati) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sardinian: tilpiare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sardinian: tirpiare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sardinian: tripiare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sardinian: tropiare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sardinian: trupiare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sardinian: atipriare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sardinian: ispremiare — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Scots: pran — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Serbo-Croatian: сти́скати — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Serbo-Croatian: сти̏снути — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Serbo-Croatian: stískati — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Serbo-Croatian: stȉsnuti — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Slovak: stisnúť — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Slovene: stiskati — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Slovene: stisniti — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Lower Sorbian: tłocyś — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Upper Sorbian: tłóčić — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Spanish: exprimir — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Spanish: apretar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Spanish: apremir (disused) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Spanish: espichar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Spanish: despichar — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Sundanese: rames — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Swedish: trycka — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Swedish: klämma — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Swedish: krama — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tamil: பிழி (piḻi) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tausug: puga — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tày: bọp — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tetum: buti — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Thai: บีบ (bìip) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tocharian B: klup- — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tooro: -miga — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tooro: -kamuura — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Tumbuka: kukama — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Turkish: sıkmak — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Turkish: sıkıştırmak — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ukrainian: стиска́ти (styskáty) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ukrainian: сти́скувати (stýskuvaty) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ukrainian: сти́снути (stýsnuty) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Ukrainian: ти́снути (týsnuty) — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Vietnamese: đè — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Vietnamese: bóp — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Vietnamese: ép — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Welsh: gwasgu — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Zazaki: pıloğnen — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Zazaki: taden — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Zealandic: niepe — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• ǃXóõ: tʻkxʻām — to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
• Armenian: խցկել (xcʻkel) — to fit into a tight place
• Bashkir: тығыу (tığıw) — to fit into a tight place
• Bulgarian: промушвам се (promušvam se) — to fit into a tight place
• Bulgarian: промушва се (promušva se) — to fit into a tight place
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓榨 (yāzhà) — to fit into a tight place
• Chinese Mandarin: 擠壓 /挤压 (jǐyā) — to fit into a tight place
• Chinese Mandarin: 擠 /挤 (jǐ) — to fit into a tight place
• Czech: vmáčknout se — to fit into a tight place
• Danish: presse — to fit into a tight place
• Danish: mase — to fit into a tight place
• Danish: klemme — to fit into a tight place
• Dutch: persen — to fit into a tight place
• Dutch: drukken — to fit into a tight place
• Finnish: ahtaa — to fit into a tight place
• German: quetschen — to fit into a tight place
• German: zwängen — to fit into a tight place
• Greek: στριμώχνω (strimóchno) — to fit into a tight place
• Hungarian: beprésel — to fit into a tight place
• Hungarian: gyömöszöl — to fit into a tight place
• Hungarian: zsúfol — to fit into a tight place
• Japanese: 押し込める (oshikomeru) — to fit into a tight place
• Norwegian Bokmål: skvise — to fit into a tight place
• Portuguese: espremer — to fit into a tight place
• Russian: вти́скивать (vtískivatʹ) — to fit into a tight place
• Russian: вти́снуть (vtísnutʹ) — to fit into a tight place
• Russian: впи́хивать (vpíxivatʹ) — to fit into a tight place
• Russian: впихну́ть (vpixnútʹ) — to fit into a tight place
• Spanish: apretujar — to fit into a tight place
• Spanish: escolar — to fit into a tight place
• Spanish: escolarse — to fit into a tight place
• Swedish: klämma — to fit into a tight place
• Swedish: tränga — to fit into a tight place
• Armenian: ճզմել (čzmel) — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Bulgarian: изстисквам (izstiskvam) — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Finnish: puristaa — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Finnish: kaivaa — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• French: pressurer — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Hungarian: kiprésel — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Italian: spremersi — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Japanese: 絞り出す (shiboridasu) — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Māori: kotē — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Russian: выжима́ть (vyžimátʹ) — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Russian: вы́жать (výžatʹ) — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Russian: выда́вливать (vydávlivatʹ) — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Russian: вы́давить (výdavitʹ) — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Swedish: lirka — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Swedish: slita — to remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
• Danish: presse — to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices
• Danish: klemme — to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices
• Finnish: ahdistaa — to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices
• Japanese: 板挟みにあう (itabasami ni au) — to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices
• Swedish: dra — to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices
• Swedish: slita — to put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices
• Armenian: ճզմրտուք (čzmrtukʻ) — baseball: to attempt to score a runner from third by bunting
• Japanese: スクイズする (sukuizu suru) — baseball: to attempt to score a runner from third by bunting
• Korean: 스퀴즈하다 (seukwijeuhada) — baseball: to attempt to score a runner from third by bunting