<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to press forcibly together; compress.</li><li>to apply pressure to in order to extract juice, sap, or the like: The tool is used to squeeze an orange.</li><li>to force out, extract, or procure by pressure: For this cocktail, first squeeze the juice from a pineapple.</li><li>to thrust forcibly; force by pressure; cram: I squeezed three suits into a small suitcase and now I'm afraid to unpack.</li><li>to fit into a small or crowded space or timespan: The doctor will try to squeeze you in between appointments.</li><li>to enclose (another person's hand, arm, etc.) in one's hand and apply pressure as a token of affection, friendship, sympathy, or the like: His father squeezed his hand and wished him luck.</li><li>to give (someone) a hug.</li><li>to threaten, intimidate, harass, or oppress (a person) in order to obtain a favor, money, or an advantageous attitude or action.</li><li>to cause financial hardship to: Manufacturers squeezed by high tariffs have stopped offering international shipping.</li><li>to obtain a facsimile impression of.</li><li>to cause to merge, as two or more lines of traffic into fewer lanes.</li><li>to enable (a runner on third base) to score on a squeeze play (often followed by in): He squeezed him in with a perfect bunt.</li><li>to score (a run) in this way (often followed by in): The Dodgers squeezed in a run in the eighth inning.</li><li>to force (an opponent) to play a potentially winning card on a trick they cannot win.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to exert a compressing force: She took his hand and squeezed hard.</li><li>to force one's way through some narrow or crowded place (usually followed by through, in, out, etc.): It was so crowded we could barely squeeze through the passageway.</li><li>to merge or come together.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or fact of squeezing or the fact of being squeezed: It'll be a bit of a squeeze to get them all in the same taxi.</li><li>a clasping of one's hand around another's hand, arm, etc., as a token of affection, friendship, sympathy, or the like.</li><li>a hug or close embrace.</li><li>a troubled financial condition, especially caused by a shortage or restriction, as of credit or funds.</li><li>a small quantity or amount of anything obtained by squeezing: It just needs a squeeze of lemon juice.</li><li>slang for a sweetheart: his main squeeze.</li><li>a facsimile impression of an inscription or the like, obtained by pressing some plastic substance over or around it.</li><li>squeeze play.</li><li>a play or circumstance whereby an opponent is forced to waste or discard a potentially winning card.</li><li>an act of threatening, intimidating, harassing, or oppressing a person or persons to obtain a favor, money, or an advantageous attitude or action: gangsters putting the squeeze on small businesses.</li><li>money or a favor obtained in such a way.</li></ul>