Verb

(squeez)

To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once

I squeezed the ball between my hands.

Please don't squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1

"Over there—by the rock," Steele muttered, with his brush between his teeth, squeezing out raw sienna, and keeping his eyes fixed on Betty Flanders's back.

(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place

I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.

Can you squeeze through that gap?

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* 1908 ,

Could he not squeeze under the seat of a carriage? He had seen this method adopted by schoolboys, when the journey- money provided by thoughtful parents had been diverted to other and better ends.

To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty

He squeezed some money out of his wallet.

To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices

I'm being squeezed between my job and my volunteer work.

* 2013 May 23, , " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):

At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.

(figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.

* L'Estrange

In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden.

(baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting

Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.

Verb

(en verb)

(of a liquid) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

The toothpaste squirted from the tube.

* 1865 , , The Book of Werewolves , 2008, Forgotten Books, page 121,

His servants would stab a child in the jugular vein, and let the blood squirt over him.

(of a liquid) To cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice.

* Sir Walter Scott

The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate.

* 1985 , The Living Australia, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia?s Most Deadly Creatures , 2002, Murdoch Books, page 88,

It can squirt this poison in jets up to a distance of one metre and usually aims at the eyes of its victim.

* 2005 , Lisa Heard, NancyRayhorn, 8: Pediatric Sedation'', Jan Odom-Forren, Donna Watson, ''Practical Guide To Moderate Sedation/Analgesia , 2nd Edition, page 171,

When administering the medication, the RN should place the syringe tip along the side of the mouth and slowly squirt the medicine toward the buccal vestibule, not toward the throat.

* 2011 , James Balch, Mark Stengler, Prescription for Natural Cures , unnumbered page,

Use a dropper and squirt the desired amount in the side of the child?s mouth.

To hit with a rapid stream of liquid.

* 2010 , Christy Isbell, Mighty Fine Motor Fun: Fine Motor Activities for Young Children , page 81,

Ask the child to squirt the target with water.

(figuratively) To throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.

(rfquotek, L'Estrange)

(intransitive, slang, vulgar, of a female) To ejaculate.

* 2010 , Sonia Borg, Oral Sex She?ll Never Forget , page 9,

Women who squirt rhapsodize about the experience, reporting that it elicits feelings of empowerment and a deeper connection to their own bodies.