Grab vs. Squeeze
Grabverb
(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
Grabverb
(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
Grabverb
To restrain someone; to arrest.
Grabverb
To grip the attention; to enthrall.
Grabverb
(informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
Grabverb
(informal) To consume something quickly.
Grabverb
To take the opportunity of.
Grabnoun
(countable) A sudden snatch at something.
Grabnoun
(countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
Grabnoun
(countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
Grabnoun
A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
Grabnoun
A sound bite.
Grabnoun
(obsolete) That which is seized.
Grabnoun
(uncountable) A simple card game.
Grabnoun
A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
Grabnoun
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
Grabnoun
A sudden grasp or seizure.
Grabnoun
An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; - specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
Grabverb
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
Grabnoun
a mechanical device for gripping an object
Grabnoun
the act of catching an object with the hands;
Grabverb
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of;
Grabverb
get hold of or seize quickly and easily;
Grabverb
make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand;
Grabverb
obtain illegally or unscrupulously;
Grabverb
take or grasp suddenly;
Grabverb
capture the attention or imagination of;
Squeezeverb
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
Squeezeverb
(transitive) To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
Squeezeverb
(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.
Squeezeverb
(transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
Squeezeverb
(transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
Squeezeverb
To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
Squeezeverb
To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
Squeezeverb
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.
Squeezeverb
Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.
Squeezeverb
To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
Squeezeverb
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.
Squeezenoun
The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
Squeezenoun
A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
Squeezenoun
The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
Squeezenoun
Pressure or constraint used to force the making of a gift, concession, or the like; exaction; extortion; as, to put the squeeze on someone.
Squeezenoun
the act of gripping and pressing firmly;
Squeezenoun
a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
Squeezenoun
a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer;
Squeezenoun
(slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend;
Squeezenoun
a twisting squeeze;
Squeezenoun
an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
Squeezenoun
a tight or amorous embrace;
Squeezenoun
the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space;
Squeezeverb
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
Squeezeverb
press firmly;
Squeezeverb
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
Squeezeverb
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
Squeezeverb
obtain by coercion or intimidation;
Squeezeverb
press or force;
Squeezeverb
squeeze tightly between the fingers;
Squeezeverb
hug, usually with fondness;
Squeezeverb
squeeze or press together;
