1. (verb) squeeze out
force out
"Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
2. (verb) eke out, squeeze out
make by laborious and precarious means
"He eked out a living as a painter"
3. (verb) wring out, squeeze out
extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing
"wring out the washcloth"
4. (verb) eke out, squeeze out
obtain with difficulty
"He eked out some information from the archives"
5. (verb) extrude, squeeze out
form or shape by forcing through an opening
"extrude steel"
6. (verb) squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject
cause to come out in a squirt
"the boy squirted water at his little sister"
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