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An aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
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squeeze
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A difficult position 2 A traversal of a narrow passage 3 A hug or other affectionate grasp 4 (context slang English) A romantic partner 5 (context baseball English) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third 6 (epigraphy) An impression ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "press forcibly" (transitive), probably an alteration of quease (c.1550), from Old English cwysan "to squeeze," of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare German quetschen "to squeeze"). Perhaps altered by influence of many words of similar sense ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Squeeze is the self-titled first studio album released by British group Squeeze . The album title was simply Squeeze in the United Kingdom , but in the United States , Canada , Australia and other countries the album, like the band, was marketed under the ...
Usage examples of squeeze.
His hands were huge, and though they appeared to have the strength to squeeze a cannonball in two, they were amazingly gentle, and the slim clay pipe seemed like a fragile bird between them.
Mistress Anan gave the Red sister a frosty look and squeezed between the two Aes Sedai muttering something that made both of them eye her curiously.
And what a marvellous present, he added, giving her an appreciatory squeeze.
An artsy sax player sporting a little silver goatee squeezed his eyes shut in ecstasy, leaning into his spotlight serenade.
As the ship approached the balk line, sudden new tasks were discovered, squeezed from the vacuum like so many pips from an orange.
Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of low-fat or nonfat balsamic dressing, or 1 teaspoon of flaxseed oil with a squeeze of lemon.
Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of low-fat or nonfat balsamic dressing or 1 teaspoon of flaxseed oil with a squeeze of lemon.
He sprawled across a blanketless canvas cot and squeezed his eyes shut, waiting for the surcease of the silent dark.
The plants of rigidness, answered question and squeeze, Revealing wherefore it bloomed, uninviting, bent, Yet making harmony breathe of life and disease, The deeper chord of a wonderful instrument.
There, squeezed in among elections, bounties, union warnings, draft notices, tax bulletins, was the brief blurb on Claron.
A well-worn path took them along a branching tube, past two shafts that plunged into darkness, three stone pillars with rubble heaped to one side, and four branches forking off the main corridor whose ceilings curved so low he could never have hoped to squeeze through them.
Jeannie Swanson, sitting next to Bridie, squeezed her arm while the rest of the table, including Mrs Kilbride, remained silent.
Suddenly the young otter was crushing and pushing, lashing out as he climbed over heads, squeezing and scraping past other creatures, bashing out with all paws and his rud derlike tail as he battled towards Brome at the blocked exit.
They come here from Rome and the suburbs called Italy, they pinch and squeeze and extort, and then they go home again with purses bulging, indifferent to the plight of those they leave behind, the people of Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian Asia.
Or will weall squeezed down to hyperons at leasttunnel out into a new and different universe?