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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
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===Alternative forms===
 
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* frown 0.77 29, temptation 0.61 47, controversy 0.57 20, prosecution 0.53 57, hardship 0.52 21, problem-dem 0.51 17, confusion 0.50 89, try-try 0.50 6, lecturer-dem 0.50 5
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Borrowed from English squeeze
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From English: ''squeeze''
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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* skwiz
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* skwîz
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-squeeze.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-squeeze.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-squeeze.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-squeeze.m.ogg</sm2>
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 4006
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 47
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3279
 
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The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
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squeeze: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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* Make dem [[press]] someting tight.
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:* {{ux|dv| As im grab and '''squeeze''' di back of my hand, e pay for my car and come whisper inside my ear No tell anybodi wetin happen. |(bbc_2395, As he held the back of my hand, he paid the driver for my fare, and whispered into my ears ''do not tell anybody what happened''.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Moyin no '''squeeze''' water comot for di cloth.|(Moyin did not squeeze the water out of the clothes well.)}}
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# aux-compound:svc-nsubj (frequency:4)
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====Related form====
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#: {{ux|dv|Fans hail Iwobi performance as Everton lose for EPL Iwobi transfer from Arsenal make Nigerians '''squeeze''' face |(bbc__48673, __no translation__)}}
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* [[squeeze face]]
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#: {{ux|dv|Di Nigeria Labour Congress president come '''squeeze''' face talk say make dem deal well well with any officer wey be thiefi-thiefi jakoliko. |(deuber__79, __no translation__)}}
 
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# cc-obj (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|as im grab and '''squeeze''' di back of my hand, e pay for my car and come whisper inside my ear 'No tell anybodi wetin happen, your manager, your agent.' |(bbc__2395, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|She say:As soon as dey snap di photo, e drop im hands from my waist go down to my buttock and '''squeeze''' am, na im make you see say for di picture my mouth dey wide open. |(bbc__89126, __no translation__)}}
 
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====Synonyms====
 
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* frown 0.77 29, temptation 0.61 47, controversy 0.57 20, prosecution 0.53 57, hardship 0.52 21, problem-dem 0.51 17, confusion 0.50 89, try-try 0.50 6, lecturer-dem 0.50 5
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* [[press]]
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====Antonyms====
 
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* frown 0.77 29, temptation 0.61 47, controversy 0.57 20, prosecution 0.53 57, hardship 0.52 21, problem-dem 0.51 17, confusion 0.50 89, try-try 0.50 6, lecturer-dem 0.50 5
 
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====Translations====
 
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* English: no definition
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* English: ''squeeze''

Latest revision as of 21:36, 21 December 2022

Naija

Etymology

From English: squeeze

Pronunciation

  • skwîz

Play Play

Verb

  • Make dem press someting tight.
  • As im grab and squeeze di back of my hand, e pay for my car and come whisper inside my ear No tell anybodi wetin happen.  — (bbc_2395, As he held the back of my hand, he paid the driver for my fare, and whispered into my ears do not tell anybody what happened.)
  • Moyin no squeeze water comot for di cloth.  — (Moyin did not squeeze the water out of the clothes well.)

Related form

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: squeeze
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