squeezableadj.

/ˈskwiːzəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < squeeze v.

a. Capable of being compressed or squeezed. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > capable of being pressed, etc.

brayable1611

squeezable1813

crushable1863

1813 Sir W. W. Pepys in Roberts Mem. Han. More (1835) III. 398 One would like to keep it in squeezable order.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1043 They must feel moist and clammy, and be squeezable in the hand.

b. Impressionable; susceptible.

ΚΠ

1852 M. W. Savage Reuben Medlicott I. i. v. 130 You are too versatile and too squeezable,..you take impressions too readily.

a. Capable of being constrained or coerced to yield or grant something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > pressurizing > pressurized > able to be

squeezable1837

1837 Ann. Reg., Hist. 390/1 The ministers, at least, he regarded as squeezable commodities, out of which something good might, by compression, be extracted.

1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. II. i. 7 As unlucky and squeezable by their more cunning competitors..as the literary man.

1884 Manch. Examiner 23 Aug. 5/2 He hoped that China would be squeezable, and that the objects he had in view would be attained without war.

b. esp. From which money may be extracted.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > charges > [adjective] > from which money may be extracted

squeezable1840

1840 Frazer's Mag. XXI. 243 Not a farthing beyond what they could squeeze from any quarter squeezable.

1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead vi. 190 The result of their industry is only that they become more squeezable for taxes.

3. Capable of being extracted by pressure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out > extracted by expressing > capable of being

squeezable1843

1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 805 Their necessities compel them to exact the last penny squeezable out of the unfortunate tenantry.

Derivatives

ˈsqueezableness n. = squeezability n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > pressure > ability to be pressurized

squeezableness1844

squeezibility1848

squeezability1882

1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 119 The issuing of that order would depend entirely on the strength or the necessity of the Minister: on his ‘squeezableness’.

1871 Standard 12 Apr. 6 Mr. Gladstone's ‘squeezableness’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	squeezable
释义	squeezableadj. /ˈskwiːzəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < squeeze v. 1. a. Capable of being compressed or squeezed. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > capable of being pressed, etc. brayable1611 squeezable1813 crushable1863 1813 Sir W. W. Pepys in Roberts Mem. Han. More (1835) III. 398 One would like to keep it in squeezable order. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1043 They must feel moist and clammy, and be squeezable in the hand. b. Impressionable; susceptible. ΚΠ 1852 M. W. Savage Reuben Medlicott I. i. v. 130 You are too versatile and too squeezable,..you take impressions too readily. 2. a. Capable of being constrained or coerced to yield or grant something. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > pressurizing > pressurized > able to be squeezable1837 1837 Ann. Reg., Hist. 390/1 The ministers, at least, he regarded as squeezable commodities, out of which something good might, by compression, be extracted. 1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. II. i. 7 As unlucky and squeezable by their more cunning competitors..as the literary man. 1884 Manch. Examiner 23 Aug. 5/2 He hoped that China would be squeezable, and that the objects he had in view would be attained without war. b. esp. From which money may be extracted. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [adjective] > from which money may be extracted squeezable1840 1840 Frazer's Mag. XXI. 243 Not a farthing beyond what they could squeeze from any quarter squeezable. 1880 L. Oliphant Land of Gilead vi. 190 The result of their industry is only that they become more squeezable for taxes. 3. Capable of being extracted by pressure. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > [adjective] > pressing to extract something > wrung or squeezed out > extracted by expressing > capable of being squeezable1843 1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 805 Their necessities compel them to exact the last penny squeezable out of the unfortunate tenantry. Derivatives ˈsqueezableness n. = squeezability n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > pressure > ability to be pressurized squeezableness1844 squeezibility1848 squeezability1882 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 119 The issuing of that order would depend entirely on the strength or the necessity of the Minister: on his ‘squeezableness’. 1871 Standard 12 Apr. 6 Mr. Gladstone's ‘squeezableness’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1813
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