What is the meaning of the word "squeeze"?

Definitions:

a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer noun
- increased expenses put a squeeze on profits
press firmly verb
- You squeezed my hand.
slang for a person's girlfriend or boyfriend noun
- They were your main squeeze until you soured on them.
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space verb
- I squeezed myself into the corner
the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space noun
- getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze
the act of gripping and pressing firmly noun
- I squeezed the balloon and it popped.
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means verb
- I squeezed them for information.