squeeze – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to squeeze in sth
Participle: squeezed in sth
Gerund: squeezing in sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	squeeze in sth
we	Let's squeeze in sth
you	squeeze in sth

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to make tighter

bind, brace, cinch, clench, constrict, taughten, tauten, tense, tighten

to press or squeeze together; to make more dense

astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, pack, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch

to clasp in the arms with affection

accoll, amplect, beclip, clip, coll, complect, comply, cwtch, embrace, enfold, enhalse, fall on someone's neck, fathom, glomp, halse, hug, infold, oxter, press, umbeclap

compress

crush, squash, press, pressure, pinch, crowd, clasp, cram

Antonyms

compress

increase, extend, spread, stretch

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1600, probably an alteration of quease (c.1550), from O.E. cwysan "to squeeze," of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (cf. Ger. quetschen "to squeeze"). Slang expression to put the squeeze on (someone or something) "exert influence" is from 1711. Baseball squeeze play first recorded 1905. Main squeeze "most important person" is attested from 1896; meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested by 1980.
2. From earlier squize, squise (whence also dialectal English squizzen and squeege), first attested around 1600, further origin uncertain; probably an alteration of quease (which is attested since 1550), from Middle English queisen (“to squeeze”), from Old English cwȳsan (“to crush, squeeze”), itself also of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (compare Swedish qväsa, kväsa (“to squeeze, bruise, crush; quell”), Dutch kwetsen (“to injure, hurt”), German quetschen (“to squeeze”)). Or, a blend of obsolete squiss (“to squeeze”) (whence also squash and squish) with quease. Compare also French esquicher from Old Occitan esquichar (“to press, squeeze”).
3. The slang expression "to put the squeeze on (someone or something)", meaning "to exert influence", is from 1711. The baseball term "squeeze play" is first recorded 1905. "Main squeeze" ("most important person") is attested from 1896, the specific meaning "one's sweetheart, lover" is attested in 1970s.
4. The nonstandard strong forms squoze and squozen, attested dialectally since at least the mid-19th century, are by analogy with freeze. See: Swedish 'qväsa', Dutch 'kwetsen', German, old spelling 'quetschen', French 'esquicher', Old Occitan 'esquichar'.

Verbs referencing "squeeze"

Norwegian skvise.

Sample Sentences