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Squealing
- verb - confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
- having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge
- utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs
Squeezing
- verb - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
- press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"
- press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
- squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"
- squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
- squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
- the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He
Squinting
- verb - be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
- cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children squinted so as to scare each other"
- having eyes half closed in order to see better; "squinched eyes"
- partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
Squirting
- verb - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
- propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
- wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
Squishing
- verb - put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action
- walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
Stanching
- verb - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
Starching
- verb - stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"
Startling
- verb - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
- so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"
- to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
Steadying
- verb - causing to become steady; "had a steadying effect on her nerves"
- make steady; "steady yourself"
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"