squeezing

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of squeeze

noun

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. (chiefly in the plural) That 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