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 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 fundamentals. A short squeeze occurs when there is a lack of supply and an excess of ...

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

Music

* Squeeze (band), 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 Sasami Ashworth (born June 23, 1990), known mononymously as Sasami, is an American musician who records music in a variety of styles, from singer-songwriter ballads to heavy metal and industrial. She began her career as a member of Cherry Gla ...

, 2022 * "Squeeze", a song by Fifth Harmony from ''

7/27 ''7/27'' is the second studio album by American girl group Fifth Harmony, released by Syco Music and Epic Records on May 27, 2016. The record is the follow-up to the group's debut studio album ''Reflection'' (2015). Its lyrics discuss themes o ...

'', 2016 * Squeeze, an earlier name for the 1970s Belgian glam-rock band T.U.S.H.

Science and technology

* Compression (physics), in mechanics *

Mask squeeze A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment and often they have been employed for rituals and rights. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practi ...

, in diving medicine, a type of barotrauma *

Squeeze job Squeeze job, or squeeze cementing is a term often used in the oilfield to describe the process of injecting cement slurry into a zone, generally for pressure-isolation purposes. Background The term probably originated from the concept that enough ...

, 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), an early CP/M data compression program

Sports and games

* Squeeze (chess) or ''zugzwang'', a chess tactic * Squeeze play (baseball), a type of sacrifice in baseball *

Squeeze play (bridge) A squeeze play (or squeeze) is a technique used in contract bridge and other trick-taking games in which the play of a card (the '' squeeze card'') forces an opponent to discard a winner or the guard of a potential winner. The situation typically o ...

or simply ''squeeze'', a tactic in contract bridge *

Squeeze play (poker) The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the glossary of card game terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be ...

, a bluff re-raise

Other uses

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, 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 ...