squeeze

Betekenis (Engels)

Synoniemen

press together

push against

squirt out

too tight

hold tightly

embrance

strech

liquidity crisis

shoulder in

accuse someone

stick in

be packed

make a dent

waterloo

become blurred

bull through

force down

form a group

obtrude upon

press hard

wring from

be crowded

be jammed

apply pressure

monetary control

be congested

be crammed

be thronged

extract from

squeeze for

thrust ahead

bear squeeze

short squeeze

squeeze money from

draw milk

to press

edge in

jam in

make smaller

nip off

press down

press firmly

Frequentie

B2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/skwiːz/
Etymologie (Engels)

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 cwēsan, 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”). 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. The nonstandard strong forms squoze and squozen, attested dialectally since at least the mid-19th century, are by analogy with freeze.

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