squeeze
1 PRESS [transitive] to press something firmly together with your fingers or hand
She smiled as he squeezed her hand.
He squeezed the trigger, but nothing happened.
2 PRESS OUT LIQUID [transitive]
to get liquid from something by pressing it Squeeze the oranges.squeeze something out
Try to squeeze a bit more out.
squeeze something on/onto something
Squeeze a bit of lemon juice onto the fish.
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When We See Something Cute, Why Do We Want to Squeeze It?
The aggressive urge some people get when they see an adorable animal or baby may be connected to our emotional health.
BY LIZ LANGLEY

At the home of cat breeder Lynn Figueroa of Junglespots, bobcat kittens get acclimated to humans and other animals before their sale. This one is six weeks old.
PHOTOGRAPH BY VINCENT J. MUSI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
The first step is admitting you have a problem. A very cute problem.
“Why, when something is adorable, do we get the urge to squeeze it and squish it?” National Geographic's own Emily Tye asked Saturday’s Weird Animal Question of the Week. “Seems dangerous, evolutionarily speaking!”
Rest assured, Emily: you’re not alone.
In a 2015 study in Psychological Science, Yale University psychologist Oriana Aragon and team found that people who have extremely positive reactions to images of cute babies also “displayed stronger aggressive expressions,” such as wanting to pinch the babies' cheeks.
Speaking of pinching, another experiment in the recent study found that participants popped more bubble wrap when they saw images of cute baby animals than those who viewed images of older animals.
This shows that, if given the chance to squeeze something while seeing the pictures, they would—though Aragon stresses, not with any real intent to harm the creatures.
The Good, the Bad, and the Cute