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squeeze
What does squeeze mean?
squeeze (verb): press firmly.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use squeeze in a sentence?
- He squeezed my hand. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce squeeze?
/skwiz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does squeeze come from?
From earlier squize, squise (whence also dialectal English squizzen and squeege), first attested around 1600, further origin uncertain.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to squeeze
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “squeeze” mean?
be amazed at
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arouse again
Not quite: that's what rekindle means.
grow rapidly
Not quite: that's what proliferate means.
press firmly
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