Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 143
Squeegee (n.) Same as Squilgee.
Squeegee (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Squeegeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squeegeeing] To smooth, clean, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee.
Squeegee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squilgee, squillagee.]
Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee, squillagee, squeegee.]
Squeegee (n.) T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows).
Squeegee (v.) Wipe with a squeegee; "squeegee the windows".
Squeezed (imp. & p. p.) of Squeeze
Squeezing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squeeze
Squeeze (v. t.) 緊握，擠，榨取 To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.
Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.
In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden. -- L'Estrange.
Squeeze (v. t.) To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
Syn: To compress; hug; pinch; gripe; crowd.
Squeeze (v. i.) 壓榨，榨 To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
Squeeze (n.) 緊握，擠，榨，榨取，壓榨，傭金 The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
Squeeze (n.) A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
Squeeze (n.) (Mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
Squeeze (n.) Pressure or constraint used to force the making of a gift, concession, or the like; exaction; extortion; as, to put the squeeze on someone. [Colloq.]
One of the many "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins. -- A. R. Colquhoun.
Squeeze (n.) The act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze" [syn: squeeze, squeezing].
Squeeze (n.) A state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high [syn: credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze].
Squeeze (n.) A situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits".
Squeeze (n.) (Slang) A person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze".
Squeeze (n.) A twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn: squeeze, wring].
Squeeze (n.) An aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power; "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away" [syn: power play, squeeze play, squeeze].
Squeeze (n.) A tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug" [syn: hug, clinch, squeeze].
Squeeze (n.) The act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze".
Squeeze (v.) To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze].
Squeeze (v.) Press firmly; "He squeezed my hand".
Squeeze (v.) Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" [syn: wedge, squeeze, force].
Squeeze (v.) To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force].
Squeeze (v.) Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring]
Squeeze (v.) Press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze].
Squeeze (v.) Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch].
Squeeze (v.) Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" [syn: embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze].
Squeeze (v.) Squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press].
Squeezer (n.) One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.
Squeezer (n.) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; -- used only in the plural.
Squeezer (n.) A machine of several forms for the same purpose; -- used in the singular.
Squeezing (n.) The act of pressing; compression; oppression.
Squeezing (n.) That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.
Squeezing (n.) Same as Squeeze, n., 2.
Squelched (imp. & p. p.) of Squelch
Squelching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squelch
Squelch (v. t.) To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.
Squeteague (n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.
Squib (n.) A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze. -- Waller.
The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable. -- Blackstone.
Squib (n.) (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
Squib (n.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes. -- Goldsmith.
Squib (n.) A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, an pamphleteers. -- Tatler.
Squib (n.) A paltry fellow. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Squibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Squib
Squibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squib
Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little in debate. [Colloq.]
Squib (n.) Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
Squid (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.
Note: Some of these squids are very abundant on the Atlantic coast of North America, and are used in large quantities for bait, especially in the cod fishery. The most abundant of the American squids are the northern squid ({Ommastrephes illecebrosus), ranging from Southern New England to Newfoundland, and the southern squid ({Loligo Pealii), ranging from Virginia to Massachusetts.
Squid (n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
Flying squid, Giant squid. (Zool.) See under Flying, and Giant.
Squid hound (Zool.), The striped bass.
Squid (n.) (Italian cuisine) Squid prepared as food [syn: squid, calamari, calamary].
Squid (n.) Widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins.
Squier (n.) A square. See 1st Squire. [Obs.]
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the squier. -- Shak. Squierie
Squierie (n.) Alt. of Squiery
Squiery (n.) A company of squires; the whole body of squires.
Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but is not in the modern editions.
Squiggle (v. i.) To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed. [Prov. Eng.] -- Forby.
Squiggle (v. i.) To move about like an eel; to squirm. [Low, U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Squiggle (n.) A short twisting line [syn: squiggle, curlicue].
Squiggle (n.) An illegible scrawl; "his signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle".
Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee, squillagee, squeegee.]
Squilgee (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Squilgeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squilgeeing.] To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck.
Squill (n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion.
Squill (n.) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).
Squill (n.) A squilla.
Squill (n.) A mantis.
Squillas (n. pl. ) of Squilla
Squillae (n. pl. ) of Squilla
Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
Squillitic (a.) Of or pertaining to squills.
Squinance (n.) Alt. of Squinancy
Squinancy (n.) The quinsy. See Quinsy.
Squinancy (n.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon.
Squinny (v.) (squinnied; squinnying) <方> (v.i.) 斜眼看；斜視 (v.t.) 使（眼）斜看；使斜視 To look or peer with eyes partly closed : squint.
Squinsy (n.) See Quinsy.
Squint (a.) Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
Squint (n.) Fig.: Looking askance.
Squinted (imp. & p. p.) of Squint
Squinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squint
Squint (v. i.) To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
Squint (v. i.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
Squint (v. i.) To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
Squint (v. t.) To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
Squint (n.) The act or habit of squinting.
Squint (n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
Squint (n.) Same as Hagioscope.
Squint (v.) [ I ] 瞇起眼看 To partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly.
// The sun was shining straight in her eyes and made her squint.
Squint (n.) [ C ] (Eye condition) 斜視 A condition caused by a weakness of the eye muscles that makes the eyes look in different directions from each other.
// As a child she wore thick glasses and had a bad squint.
Squint (n.) [ C ] (Look) 瞥，瞟 (Informal) (Old-fashioned) A quick look.
// "The back wheel of my bike doesn't seem straight." "I'll have/take a squint at it if you like."
Squinter (n.) One who squints.
Squint-eye (n.) An eye that squints.
Squint-eyed (a.) Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
Squint-eyed (a.) Looking obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.
Squintifego (a.) Squinting.
Squinting () a. & n. from Squint, v.
Squiny (v. i.) To squint.
Squinzey (n.) See Quinsy.
Souir (v. t.) To throw with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.
Squiralty (n.) Same as Squirarchy.
Squirarch (n.) One who belongs to the squirarchy.
Squirarchy (n.) The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.
Squire (n.) A square; a measure; a rule.
Squire (n.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
Squire (n.) A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
Squire (n.) A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
Squire (n.) A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
squired (imp. & p. p.) of Squire
squiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squire
Squire (v. t.) To attend as a squire.
Squire (v. t.) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.
Squireen (n.) One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.
Squirehood (n.) The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
squireling (n.) A petty squire.
Squirely (a. & adv.) Becoming a squire; like a squire.
squireship (n.) Squirehood.
Squirmed (imp. & p. p.) of Squirm
Squirming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squirm
Squirm (v. i.) To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
Squirm (v.) [ I ] （因緊張、尷尬或疼痛）動來動去，來回扭動 To move from side to side in an awkward way because of nervousness, embarrassment, or pain.
// Nobody spoke for at least five minutes and Rachel squirmed in her chair with embarrassment.
// The fish squirmed on the ground for a few moments and then lay still.
Squirr (v. t.) See Squir.
Squirrel (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.
Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray squirrel ({Sciurus Carolinensis) and its black variety; the fox, or cat, squirrel ({Sciurus cinereus, or Sciurus niger) which is a large species, and variable in color, the southern variety being frequently black, while the northern and western varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see Chickaree); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see Chipmunk); and the California gray squirrel ({Sciurus fossor). Several other species inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus vulgaris) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. The so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See Petaurist, and Phalanger.
Squirrel (n.) One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
Barking squirrel (Zool.), The prairie dog.
Federation squirrel (Zool.), The striped gopher. See Gopher, 2.
Flying squirrel (Zool.). See Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary.
Java squirrel. (Zool.). See Jelerang.
Squirrel corn (Bot.), A North American herb ({Dicentra Canadensis) bearing little yellow tubers.
Squirrel cup (Bot.), The blossom of the Hepatica triloba, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring.
Squirrel fish. (Zool.) (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis) of the Southern United States.
Squirrel fish. (Zool.) (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides).
Squirrel fish. (Zool.) (c) The redmouth, or grunt.
Squirrel fish. (Zool.) (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione).
Squirrel grass (Bot.), A pestiferous grass ({Hordeum murinum) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spikelets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even producing death.
Squirrel hake (Zool.), A common American hake ({Phycis tenuis); -- called also white hake.
Squirrel hawk (Zool.), Any rough-legged hawk; especially, the California species Archibuteo ferrugineus.
Squirrel monkey. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South American monkeys of the genus Callithrix. They are noted for their graceful form and agility. See Teetee.
Squirrel monkey. (Zool.) A marmoset.
Squirrel petaurus (Zool.), A flying phalanger of Australia.
See Phalanger, Petaurist, and Flying phalanger under Flying.
Squirrel shrew (Zool.), Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus Tupaia.
They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like that of a squirrel.
Squirrel-tail+grass+(Bot.),+A+grass+({Hordeum+jubatum">Squirrel-tail grass (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum) found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a dense spike beset with long awns.
Squirrel (n.) A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail.
Squirrel (n.) The fur of a squirrel.
Squirted (imp. & p. p.) of Squirt
Squirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Squirt
Squirt (v. t.) To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.
The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire grate. -- Sir W. Scott.
Squirting cucumber. (Bot.) See Ecballium.
Squirt (v. i.) To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.
Squirt (v. i.) Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate. [Low] -- L'Estrange.
Squirt (n.) An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force. -- Young.
Squirt (n.) A small, quick stream; a jet. -- Bacon.
Squirt (n.) (Hydrodynamics) The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
Squirt (n.) A youngster.
Squirt (n.) A short, overly assertive, or impudent person, especially when young; -- used in contempt.
Squirt (n.) Someone who is small and insignificant [syn: pip-squeak, squirt, small fry].
Squirt (n.) The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: jet, squirt, spurt, spirt].
Squirt (v.) Cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject].
Squirt (v.) Wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water".