squoze

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 book title or journal name)‎, 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,

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