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Squeezing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of pressing; compression.

    "Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups."

  2. 2
    the act of gripping and pressing firmly wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is forced out by pressure; dregs. in-plural

    "An exceedingly minute portion of Prussian blue suspended in water was similarly affected with muriatic acid. A portion of the squeezings of the sponge, which exhibited a greenish colour, evaporated to dryness, and ignited, left a calx […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of squeeze form-of, gerund, participle, present

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