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squeezable

American  
[skwee-zuh-buhl] / ˈskwi zə bəl /

adjective

  1. easily squeezed, compressed, or the like.

  2. (of a person) susceptible to intimidation or pressure, especially by blackmail.


Other Word Forms

  • squeezability noun
  • squeezableness noun
  • squeezably adverb
  • unsqueezable adjective

Etymology

Origin of squeezable

First recorded in 1805–15; squeeze + -able

Example Sentences

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The baby food jar has evolved into a squeezable plastic pouch covered in colorful labels boasting of the health benefits and announcing every flavor imaginable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Think how many everyday products - like sauces, shampoo, washing up liquid, or moisturisers - rely on squeezable packaging.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

About 70 companies have paid the zoo for the rights to print Moo Deng on products such as pajamas, pet food and squeezable condensed milk.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

A hard-plastic orange laundry detergent jug and a clear squeezable ketchup bottle “can never get recycled together,” Enck said, because the resulting material would be useless.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Bound me to a big Bruin, rampant, tall, A regular Russian Shagbag, In whose close hug I felt extremely small, And squeezable as a rag-bag.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892 by Various