squeegev.
/skwiːdʒ/ 1. intransitive. To press; to make one's way by pressure.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency
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to put forward1529
intrude1562
breast1581
shoulder1581
haggle1582
strivea1586
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to push on (also along)1602
elabour1606
contend1609
to put on?1611
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1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? v. ii Such clattering, and squeedging down the gangway staircase.
1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa xxi Every time I see it [a plough], on stiff land, a-squeeging and pressing, and kneading its way along.
2. transitive. To compress; to squeeze.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)]
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1787 in F. Grose Provinc. Gloss.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lii. 516 Can't you be fond of a cove without squeedging and throttling of him!
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) II. 468/1 I went, and I was nearly squeeged to death.
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