squeeze box

== English == === Alternative forms === squeezebox === Etymology === From squeeze +‎ box. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskwiːzbɒks/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskwizbɑks/ === Noun === squeeze box (plural squeeze boxes) (music, informal) An accordion or concertina. 2002, Howard Jacobson, chapter 2, in Who's Sorry Now?, London: Jonathan Cape, ISBN 978-0-224-06286-2; republished London: Vintage Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-09-943737-6, page 29: Intoxicating, the cheap Moroccan wallets, squashed and flattened in their elasticated dozens, which he eased apart like squeeze-boxes, releasing their scent of oxhide, of urine, of all the dyes and spices of the kasbah. (caving) A box with an adjustable opening used by cavers to practise crawling through tight spaces. 1998 July, Andrew Todhunter, “Dark Passage: Descending into the Depths of California’s Longest Known Cave”, in The Atlantic Monthly[1], volume 282, number 1, archived from the original on 21 September 2015, pages 90–94; reprinted in Dangerous Games: Ice Climbing, Storm Kayaking, and other Adventures from the Extreme Edge of Sports, 1st Anchor Books edition, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, Random House, November 2001, →ISBN, pages 61–62: At caving conventions aboveground, cavers often squirrel themselves through adjustable wooden "squeeze boxes" in good-natured competitions. In the safety of this controlled setting, cavers may push their capacities far beyond what they might hazard underground; […] A very slender woman's tightest squeeze may be defined by the width of her skull turned sideways. Some women thus emerge from squeeze boxes, triumphant, with mirrored abrasions over their cheekbones. (veterinary medicine) A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc. Synonym of hugbox (“a therapeutic device”). ==== Derived terms ==== (musical instrument): squeezeboxer ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== squeeze box on Wikipedia.Wikipedia