English

Verb

squoze

1. (nonstandard, humorous) simple past tense and past participle of squeeze

   • 1995,, “Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage”, in (Please provide the title of the work), 2, reprint, revised edition, Merriam-Webster, page 16:

     Ronald Reagan …:

     I picked at it and squoze it and so forth …

     Squoze is apparently the most common of a number of dialectal variants of the past tense of squeeze. It is attested in both British and American dialect: The OED Supplement shows it in American English since 1844.

   • 2009 March 9, John DeNardo, “SF Signal Welcomes Pete Tzinski”, in SF Signal, retrieved 2012-09-18:

     Just when you think we squoze (yes, that’s a word) the blogosphere dry,

See also

• squeezed (standard form)
• squozen