Definitions

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  • verb nonstandard, humorous Simple past tense and past participle of squeeze.

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Examples

  • You're absolutely correct that sometimes "it refuses to be squoze", and you're correct that my example of "haber" doesn't literally mean "should" in Spanish.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

  • There are times it just refuses to be squoze, as it were.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

  • There are times it just refuses to be squoze, as it were.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

  • You're absolutely correct that sometimes "it refuses to be squoze", and you're correct that my example of "haber" doesn't literally mean "should" in Spanish.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

  • You're absolutely correct that sometimes "it refuses to be squoze", and you're correct that my example of "haber" doesn't literally mean "should" in Spanish.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

  • You're absolutely correct that sometimes "it refuses to be squoze", and you're correct that my example of "haber" doesn't literally mean "should" in Spanish.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

  • Just when you think we squoze (yes, that's a word) the blogosphere dry, we've added a new "SF Signal Irregular", His name is Pete Tzinski and while you trying to figure out if you liked Watchmen, he posted part 1 of an article that will make your midi-chlorians spin: Why the Star Wars Prequels Are Actually Good (Part 1).

    SF Signal Welcomes Pete Tzinski 2009

  • Just when you think we squoze (yes, that's a word) the blogosphere dry, we've added a new "SF Signal Irregular", His name is Pete Tzinski and while you trying to figure out if you liked Watchmen, he posted part 1 of an article that will make your midi-chlorians spin: Why the Star Wars Prequels Are Actually Good (Part 1).

    March 2009 2009

  • There are times it just refuses to be squoze, as it were.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

  • There are times it just refuses to be squoze, as it were.

    Should vs. Must? 2009

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  • I've been saying this all my life. I totally believed it was unmadeupical until a few years ago when multiple friends started hassling me to produce a published dictionary definition.

    I've been pouting ever since.

    October 26, 2007

  • I'm with you, rocks. This is an awesome word.

    Actually, I mistyped word as "worrd," and decided that's a good one too. So thanks!

    October 26, 2007

  • What is it? Is it like squeeze?

    October 26, 2007

  • It works well as the past tense of squeeze. As in, "I squoze a lemon into my tea."

    October 26, 2007

  • We need more strong verbs in English!

    October 26, 2007

  • It works.

    October 26, 2007

  • Yes, I've always used it as the past tense of squeeze. It just fits better than squeezed in most cases (an exception being "squeezed in between").

    Examples:

    "Who squoze the juice?"

    "She squoze all the water from the washcloth."

    "I squoze my eyes shut." (But I'd still say, "My eyes were squeezed shut.")

    October 26, 2007

  • So it's only in past tense, but it's also only transitive and active?

    Yeah. I like it.

    October 26, 2007

  • Excellent, rocks. This only adds more proof to my claim that madeupical words are sometimes better than real ones. :-)

    October 26, 2007

  • It's a very cute word. Especially in umpteen-point Palatino, as it is. Sassy, yet authoritative, yet ridiculous.

    October 26, 2007

  • "Don't tell me you snuck into father's laboratory!"

    "Yes, goosewit," said Yorick, "and I invented a new potion. But when I tasted it, za-zing! I was no bigger than a cockroach. So I squoze under the door and here I am!"

    - William Steig, The Toy Brother

    September 14, 2008

  • She parked so close that I was squoze between the car door and the truck next to us and couldn't get out.

    June 9, 2009

  • ".@Dave_llb It's not. 'Squoze' is a made-up word. But then again, all words are made-up ..." Cmdr. Hadfield.

    https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/460432413445718016

    April 27, 2014