squeeze playn.

Forms: Also squeeze-play.

Etymology: < squeeze v. + play n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsqueeze play.

a. Baseball. A tactic whereby the batter bunts so that a runner at third base can attempt to reach home safely and score.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of play

triple play1869

squeeze play1905

safety squeeze1922

small ball1986

1905 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 2 July II. 8/5 Like the spit ball, the squeeze play is not strictly an invention of the present season.

1909 Collier's 15 May 29/2 The ‘squeeze’ play, of which we have heard so much in the past two or three years, is the method of scoring a man from third base on the hit-and-run system.

1949 Chicago Tribune 27 Sept. ii. 1/8 The mighty sox..had to resort to the squeeze play to score their all-important victory.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 22 July c 4/4 Not many pitchers throw inside anymore. It's like the squeeze play. It's a lost art.

b. transferred and figurative. An act of coercion or ‘pressurizing’; the application of force or pressure to obtain an end. colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > pressure > an act of

squeeze1711

squeeze play1916

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > action of compelling

constrainingc1380

forceagec1470

compelling1496

coarctinga1513

violencing1612

coercing1659

squeeze play1916

arm-twisting1924

1916 Independent (N.Y.) 5 June 410 (heading) The ‘squeeze-play’ at the capital.

1932 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Sept. 10/1 Most employers of relatively small numbers of workers, they appear to have been caught in an economic ‘squeeze play’ in which ‘contract’ shops..are played against each other in pursuit of the lowest bids.

1944 D. Wecter When Johnny comes marching Home iv. vii. 557 You perhaps mentioned the fact that Hitler was putting the squeeze play on Hindenburg a few years later.

1966 Economist 10 Sept. 1009/1 The real victims of the Franco government's squeeze-play—the Spaniards whose prospects of being allowed to go on crossing the border daily to work in Gibraltar are now in jeopardy.

1977 D. Anthony Stud Game xx. 122 She hinted that her partner had worked this squeeze-play once before, with..a pregnant girl..and a widow who paid off.

2. Bridge. The employment of a squeeze. Cf. squeeze n. 1f.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics

echo1862

signal1864

Vienna Coup1864

Peter1885

Bath coup1897

promotion1900

finesse1902

switch1921

false-carding1923

squeeze1926

squeeze play1926

suicide squeeze1931

pseudo-squeeze1932

throw-in1932

suit preference signal1934

underlead1934

psyching1938

ruff and discard1939

hold-up1945

upper cut1955

safety play1959

1926 Work-Whitehead Auction Bridge Bull. May 50 The squeeze play is made when running a suit, by forcing an opponent to discard a number of times.

1934 G. F. Hervey Contract Bridge Dict. 139 Squeeze Play is the basis of practically all double-dummy problems.

1959 T. Reese & A. Dormer Bridge Player's Dict. 209 The technique of squeeze play is complicated, and even in the simplest three-card ending..certain basic elements have to be present, such as threat cards, entries, a squeeze card and correct timing.

1976 Country Life 19 Feb. 440/2 South did not understand squeeze play... When the Nine of Clubs falls from East, the squeeze against West is marked.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	squeeze play
释义	squeeze playn. Forms: Also squeeze-play. Etymology: < squeeze v. + play n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsqueeze play. 1. a. Baseball. A tactic whereby the batter bunts so that a runner at third base can attempt to reach home safely and score. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of play triple play1869 squeeze play1905 safety squeeze1922 small ball1986 1905 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 2 July II. 8/5 Like the spit ball, the squeeze play is not strictly an invention of the present season. 1909 Collier's 15 May 29/2 The ‘squeeze’ play, of which we have heard so much in the past two or three years, is the method of scoring a man from third base on the hit-and-run system. 1949 Chicago Tribune 27 Sept. ii. 1/8 The mighty sox..had to resort to the squeeze play to score their all-important victory. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 22 July c 4/4 Not many pitchers throw inside anymore. It's like the squeeze play. It's a lost art. b. transferred and figurative. An act of coercion or ‘pressurizing’; the application of force or pressure to obtain an end. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > pressure > an act of squeeze1711 squeeze play1916 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > action of compelling constrainingc1380 forceagec1470 compelling1496 coarctinga1513 violencing1612 coercing1659 squeeze play1916 arm-twisting1924 1916 Independent (N.Y.) 5 June 410 (heading) The ‘squeeze-play’ at the capital. 1932 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Sept. 10/1 Most employers of relatively small numbers of workers, they appear to have been caught in an economic ‘squeeze play’ in which ‘contract’ shops..are played against each other in pursuit of the lowest bids. 1944 D. Wecter When Johnny comes marching Home iv. vii. 557 You perhaps mentioned the fact that Hitler was putting the squeeze play on Hindenburg a few years later. 1966 Economist 10 Sept. 1009/1 The real victims of the Franco government's squeeze-play—the Spaniards whose prospects of being allowed to go on crossing the border daily to work in Gibraltar are now in jeopardy. 1977 D. Anthony Stud Game xx. 122 She hinted that her partner had worked this squeeze-play once before, with..a pregnant girl..and a widow who paid off. 2. Bridge. The employment of a squeeze. Cf. squeeze n. 1f. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics echo1862 signal1864 Vienna Coup1864 Peter1885 Bath coup1897 promotion1900 finesse1902 switch1921 false-carding1923 squeeze1926 squeeze play1926 suicide squeeze1931 pseudo-squeeze1932 throw-in1932 suit preference signal1934 underlead1934 psyching1938 ruff and discard1939 hold-up1945 upper cut1955 safety play1959 1926 Work-Whitehead Auction Bridge Bull. May 50 The squeeze play is made when running a suit, by forcing an opponent to discard a number of times. 1934 G. F. Hervey Contract Bridge Dict. 139 Squeeze Play is the basis of practically all double-dummy problems. 1959 T. Reese & A. Dormer Bridge Player's Dict. 209 The technique of squeeze play is complicated, and even in the simplest three-card ending..certain basic elements have to be present, such as threat cards, entries, a squeeze card and correct timing. 1976 Country Life 19 Feb. 440/2 South did not understand squeeze play... When the Nine of Clubs falls from East, the squeeze against West is marked. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1905
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