Squeeze or squeezing may refer to:

Film and television

* ''Squeeze'' (1980 film), a New Zealand film directed by Richard Turner * ''Squeeze'' (1997 film), an American film directed by Robert Patton-Spruill * "Squeeze" (''The X-Files''), an episode of the science fiction TV series * "Squeeze" (''The Walking Dead''), an episode of the television series ''The Walking Dead''

Finance

Credit squeeze A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze, credit tightening or credit crisis) is a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from banks. A credit cr ...

, a reduction in the availability of loans *

Short squeeze In the stock market, a short squeeze is a rapid increase in the price of a stock owing primarily to an excess of short selling of a stock rather than underlying Fundamental analysis, fundamentals. A short squeeze occurs when there is a lack of Sup ...

, a rapid increase in a stock's price due to supply and demand

Music

Squeeze (band) Squeeze are an English rock band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the new wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording in the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s. In the UK, their singles " Cool for Cats", " Up the Junction" ...

, an English rock band ** ''Squeeze'' (Squeeze album), their 1978 debut LP * ''Squeeze'' (Fiona album), 1992 * ''Squeeze'' (The Velvet Underground album), 1973 * ''Squeeze'', an album by Sasami, 2022 * "Squeeze", a song by Fifth Harmony from '' 7/27'', 2016 * Squeeze, an earlier name for the 1970s Belgian glam-rock band T.U.S.H.

Science and technology

Compression (physics) In mechanics, compression is the application of balanced inward ("pushing") forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions.Ferdinand ...

, in mechanics * Mask squeeze, in diving medicine, a type of barotrauma * Squeeze job, in oil and gas exploration, the process of injecting cement slurry into a well * Squeeze paper, in epigraphy, a method to copy inscriptions Computer software: * Squeeze, the codename of version 6.0 of the Debian Linux operating system *

SQ (program) SQ (''squeeze'') is a computer program, devised by Richard (Dick) Greenlaw circa 1981, which was used in the early 1980s on both DOS and CP/M computer systems to compress files so they use less space. Files compressed by SQ are identified by chang ...

, an early CP/M data compression program

Sports and games

Squeeze (chess) Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move", ) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because of their obligation to make a move; a player is said to be "in zugzwang" when any legal move ...

or ''zugzwang'', a chess tactic *

Squeeze play (baseball) In baseball, the squeeze play (a.k.a. squeeze bunt) is a maneuver consisting of a sacrifice bunt with a runner on third base. The batter bunts the ball, expecting to be thrown out at first base, but providing the runner on third base an opportunit ...

, a type of sacrifice in baseball * Squeeze play (bridge) or simply ''squeeze'', a tactic in contract bridge * Squeeze play (poker), a bluff re-raise

Other uses

* Hug, a form of human endearment * In slang, a romantic or

sexual partner Sexual partners are people who engage in sexual activity together. The sexual partners may be in a committed relationship, either on an exclusive basis or not, or engage in the sexual activity on a casual basis. They may be on intimate terms ...