squeezing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of squeeze

plural squeezings

1. The act of pressing; compression.

   Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

   2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual

2. in pluralThat which is forced out by pressure; dregs.

   An exceedingly minute portion of Prussian blue suspended in water was similarly affected with muriatic acid. A portion of the squeezings of the sponge, which exhibited a greenish colour, evaporated to dryness, and ignited, left a calx […]

   1849, The London Lancet, page 464