Entry Word: squeeze

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of <kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table> — see press 2
2 to fit (something) into a tight space <I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine> — see crowd 1
3 to get with great difficulty <managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses> — see eke out
4 to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together <squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box> — see compress 1
5 to rob by the use of trickery or threats <the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence> — see fleece