How to spell squeeze

The word squeeze has to do with force or pressure. When you squeeze something, like an orange, you are crushing it to extract juice. When you squeeze into a pair of jeans, you’re forcing yourself into them. When you give someone a squeeze, you’re giving them a tight hug.

The standard past tense of “squeeze” is not “squoze” but “squeezed.” Even most people who write “squoze” know this, and use it jokingly.

Squoze is apparently the most common of a number of dialectal variants of the past tense of squeeze. It is attested in both British and American dialect: The OED Supplement shows it in American English since 1844. Squoze is commonly used when the verb object is a squeeze.

verb (used with object), squeezed, squeez·ing.

to press forcibly together; compress. to apply pressure to in order to extract juice, sap, or the like: to squeeze an orange. to force out, extract, or procure by pressure: to squeeze juice from an orange.

: to find time for (someone or something) I can squeeze you in after my one o’clock appointment. The teacher tried to squeeze in a few more lessons before school vacation.

To force one’s way by pushing or pressing (in, out, through, etc.) A squeezing or being squeezed; hard or close pressure. The state of being closely pressed or packed; crush. To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

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