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Most basic form of a squeeze in contract bridge
The simple squeeze is the most basic form of a squeeze in contract bridge. When declarer plays a winner in one suit (the squeeze card), an opponent is
Simple_squeeze
Contract bridge technique
A squeeze play (or squeeze) is a technique used in contract bridge and other trick-taking games in which the play of a card (the squeeze card) forces an
Squeeze_play_(bridge)
Type of squeeze play in the card game of bridge
The double squeeze is a type of squeeze play in the card game of bridge. Double squeezes are a combination of two simple squeezes carried out against both
Double_squeeze
Squeeze against one player, in three suits
A triple squeeze is a contract bridge squeeze against one player, in three suits; a more explicit definition is "three simple squeezes against the same
Triple_squeeze
Contract bridge bidding convention
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Cappelletti_convention
Card game
are valuable in bridge because of the need to pass information beyond a simple like or dislike of a particular suit, and because the limited bidding space
Contract_bridge
Playing card with an elevated rank
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Trump_(card_games)
Bridge (card game) tactic
In contract bridge, the criss-cross squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze in which both menaces are blocked. However, the blocking cards provide the
Criss-cross_squeeze
Type of squeeze play in bridge
squeeze is a rare squeeze which involves squeezing an opponent which lies behind declarer's menace. A variation of this, known as the "Sydney Squeeze"
Backwash_squeeze
Three suit bridge squeeze with a special kind of menace
Chien-Hwa Wang in Bridge Magazine, in 1956 and 1957. Here is a simple, positional clash squeeze, with the ♣8 as the clash menace: South leads the ♠6. If West
Clash_squeeze
Assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit
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High_card_by_suit
Contract bridge convention
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Lebensohl
Bidding convention in contract bridge
reach dummy with ruffs and may then be able to take finesses or execute a squeeze that otherwise would not be possible. The result is a contract that will
Stayman_convention
Type of play in the game of contract bridge
compound squeeze is a type of play in the game of contract bridge. In this squeeze, one opponent is squeezed such that some form of other squeeze emerges
Compound_squeeze
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Gambling_3NT
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Landy_convention
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Unusual_notrump
Conventional bid in contract bridge
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Michaels_cuebid
Scoring of contract bridge
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Bridge_scoring
Advanced squeeze in contract bridge
second menace is the declarer's ♦8. This is a position akin to automatic simple squeeze. When South leads the high ♠5, West must not discard the ♦10; when he
Vice_squeeze
game. Triple squeeze A squeeze that is so-named because it consists of three simple squeezes against the same opponent. A Progressive squeeze is regarded
Glossary of contract bridge terms
Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms
Contract bridge bidding system employing 2/1 as game forcing
21st Century. SQueeZe Books. ISBN 978-1-58776-049-5. LCCN 00104457. Hardy, Max (2002). Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century. SQueeZe Books. ISBN 978-1-58776-125-6
2/1_game_forcing
Contract bridge bidding convention
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New_minor_forcing
Bridge convention
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Jacoby_2NT
Bidding convention in contract bridge
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Meckwell_convention
Slam bidding convention in contract bridge
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Gerber_convention
Bridge convention
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Bergen_raises
Irish playwright and scriptwriter (1930–2015)
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Wesley_Burrowes
Strategy in Bridge
bridge, an entry-shifting squeeze is a positional squeeze involving a mixture between a material squeeze and an immaterial squeeze. The material part is the
Entry-shifting_squeeze
Bridge system
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Bidding_system
Card game of the trick-taking family
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Auction_bridge
Convention in contract bridge
while honors in the other three suits gain value. In some positions if a simple bid of the suit would be forcing then a single jump can be a splinter. For
Splinter_bid
Declarer technique
A strip squeeze is a declarer technique at contract bridge combining elements of squeeze and endplay. This squeeze occurs when declarer has two or more
Strip_squeeze
Bidding system for the bridge card game
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Standard_American
American gaming company
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Bridge_Base_Online
Bid made after an opening bid has been made by an opponent
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Overcall
Type of card-game squeeze
Cannibal squeeze or suicide squeeze is a type of squeeze in bridge or whist, in which a defender is squeezed by a card played by his partner. Normally
Cannibal_squeeze
Variant of the simple squeeze in contract bridge
In contract bridge, the trump squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze in which one threat is a suit that if unguarded can be established by ruffing
Trump_squeeze
Card game
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Rubber_bridge
Game mechanics of bridge
lead a heart or a diamond. A strip squeeze is a particular kind of squeeze that is based on endplaying the squeezed defender. Mollo, Victor; Gardener,
Endplay
North American sports governing body
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American Contract Bridge League
American_Contract_Bridge_League
Convention in contract bridge
for that player to enter the bidding. However, it creates two problems: a simple change of suit is no longer a forcing bid, and responding partner, already
Drury_convention
Trump play in trick-taking card games
master trump. This is a type of indirect finesse. A play involving a simple squeeze where a side suit presents a menace which can be established by ruffing
Ruff_(cards)
Play in the card game of contract bridge
A winkle squeeze is a rare squeeze/endplay in contract bridge in which a trick is offered to the defenders but whichever wins the trick is then endplayed
Winkle_squeeze
Convention in bridge card games
colloquial descriptions of "Jacoby Transfers." The transfer procedure is quite simple and is described first in response to your partner's 1NT opening bid. Since
Jacoby_transfer
British judge
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Leo_Baron
Type of deceptive play in contract bridge
The pseudo-squeeze simply gives the defender able to recognize the possibility of a squeezed position a chance to go wrong. Consider the simple legitimate
Pseudo-squeeze
Bridge (card game) tactic
In bridge, a knockout squeeze is a squeeze in three suits, one of which is the trump suit. The defender's trump holding is needed to prevent declarer from
Knockout_squeeze
use (1♦) - 3♦ to introduce very strong black two-suiters, or begin with a simple 1♠ overcall. Other combinations of bids to show the three pairs of suits
Ghestem
Squeeze play in contract bridge
winning line. This example shows a one-suit squeeze in which the victim can choose between an endplay or a simple promotion: If the five of diamonds is played
Single-suit_squeeze
Seven of diamonds playing card
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Beer_card
American economist (born 1940)
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Richard_Zeckhauser
Late 1930s variation of contract bridge
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Five-suit_bridge
Bidding system in the game of contract bridge
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Precision_Club
Type of bid within contract bridge
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Negative_double
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WBF_Open_Ranking
Bidding convention in contract bridge
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Transfer_Walsh
1975 single by the Who
"Squeeze Box" is a song by the English rock band the Who from their album The Who by Numbers. Written by Pete Townshend, the lyrics are couched in sexual
Squeeze_Box_(song)
American bridge player (1932–2012)
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Carol_Sanders
Contract bridge convention
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CRASH_convention
Contract bridge bidding treatment
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Five-card_majors
Bidding convention in contract bridge
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Walsh_convention
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History_of_contract_bridge
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Ogust_convention
Book about bridge (card game)
Bridge Squeezes Complete is a book on contract bridge written by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based mathematics professor Clyde E. Love, originally published in
Bridge_Squeezes_Complete
Card game terminology
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Revoke
American sportswoman, aviator, journalist, and socialite (1889–1960)
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Dorothy_Rice_Sims
Bid of the opponents' suit in contract bridge
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Cue_bid
Bridge card game
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Chicago_(bridge_card_game)
Contract bridge convention
willigness to play in 4♥. 4♥ is either to play or a pass or correct bid. A simple agreement over double is to simply make the same paradox advance that you
Multi_two_diamonds
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Leaping_Michaels
Advanced type of squeeze in contract bridge
The stepping-stone squeeze is an advanced type of squeeze in contract bridge. It is used when the declarer has enough high cards to take all but one of
Stepping-stone_squeeze
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Texas_transfer
American journalist
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Gary_Pomerantz
Bridge (cards) tactic
guard squeeze: South has a simple squeeze against West in hearts and diamonds except that there is no entry in either threat suit. The squeeze operates
Guard_squeeze
Contract bridge card play
five, and win the first or third trick accordingly. Often, to set up a squeeze, one or more tricks must be lost in advance. This is known as "rectifying
Hold_up_(bridge)
Method for finding limits in calculus
In calculus, the squeeze theorem (also known as the sandwich theorem, among other names) is a theorem regarding the limit of a function that is bounded
Squeeze_theorem
Points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals
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Masterpoints
Coup in contract bridge
ISBN 978-1-897106-25-9. Coffin, George S. (1975). Endplays: Eliminations - Squeezes - Coups. Book 4 of Bridge Play Four Classics (6th ed.). Duckworth and Company
Trump_coup
Slam-seeking convention in contract bridge
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Culbertson_4-5_notrump
Bridge convention
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DONT
Device used in contract bridge
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Bidding_box
English journalist and bridge player (1967–2025)
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Susanna_Gross
Mathematical probabilities in the game of bridge
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Contract_bridge_probabilities
Bridge card game bidding system used in Britain and elsewhere
main versions of Acol in use today are: Acol: unregulated Acol, from the simple to the complex, remains in common use throughout the UK. At any one time
Acol
Book by Louis Sachar
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The_Cardturner
Tactic used in Bridge
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Suction_convention
Artificial call made during the auction in a game of contract bridge
suitable contract). Although bidding is often "natural" (describing a hand by simple reference to possession, shape, and strength of the named suit), players
Bridge_convention
Bridge convention
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Flannery
Card playing technique
might be ruffed, or at No Trump the defense might run another suit for a squeeze and force it to be discarded. But this article is about finesses, and having
Finesse
British economist and writer
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Hubert_Phillips
Austrian-British bridge player
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Fritzi_Gordon
Bidding convention in contract bridge
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XYZ_convention
London gentlemen's club
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Crockford's_(club)
Variant of contract bridge card game
partner on a difficult board than others are with the same partner on a simpler one. Scoring is usually match points, but IMP pairs scoring can be used
Duplicate_bridge
Bid in contract bridge
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Preempt
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Hello_convention
must surely have at least five cards in the suit he has bid. As such a simple raise is normally sufficient to show some points and support. In such a
Support_double
Bid in the card game of bridge
Modern game try bids permit more accurate decision-making. Following a simple raise by partner (e.g. 1♥ – 2♥), opener bids a new suit either to show extra
Game_try
Advice for playing contract bridge
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Bridge_maxims
SIMPLE SQUEEZE
SIMPLE SQUEEZE
Female
Finnish
 Feminine form of Finnish Simo, SIMONE means "hearkening." Compare with another form of Simone.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Loved One
Female
Icelandic
 Feminine form of Icelandic SÃmon, SIMONE means "hearkening." Compare with other forms of Simone.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Kimball.English : habitational name from Great or Little Kimble in Buckinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘the royal bell’ (cynebelle), referring to the shape of a local hill.Americanized spelling of German Gimbel (see Gimble) or Kimbel.
Girl/Female
Indian
A small indication one that forms in the cheeks when one smiles
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Nottinghamshire)
English (mainly Nottinghamshire) : unexplained; probably a variant of Sample.
Boy/Male
English
Temple-town. This surname refers to medieval priories and settlements of the military religious...
Girl/Female
American, Assamese, British, Celebrity, English, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Sindhi, Telugu
A Small; Natural Hollow on the Surface of the Body; Happy; Dimples
Girl/Female
Indian
Beauty
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Soft; Gentle Spirit with a Profound Spiritual Nature
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
From the Temple Settlement
Female
French
 Feminine form of French Simon, SIMONE means "hearkening." Compare with other forms of Simone.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stapel ‘post’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary post, or a habitational name from some place named with this word (Old English stapel), as for example Staple in Kent or Staple Fitzpaine in Somerset.Americanized spelling of German Stapel.
Female
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian feminine form of Greek Symeon, SIMONE means "hearkening." Compare with other forms of Simone.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Merry Wives of Windsor' Servant to Slender.
Boy/Male
Indian
Chick Style
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Simple Looking; Good Smile
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of the habitational name Wimbley, or a variant of Wimple, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wimples, from Middle English wimple (Old English wimpel ‘veil’).
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Saint-Paul or Saint-Pol, from the dedication of their churches to St. Paul (see Paul).
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew Shimown, SIMONE means "hearkening."
SIMPLE SQUEEZE
SIMPLE SQUEEZE
Boy/Male
Polish
manly'.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Without Opponents; Unequalled
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddess Parvati
Boy/Male
Indian
Brave
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Intelligent; Part of Bhim; Good
Male
Russian
(Игорь) Russian form of Old Norse Ãvarr, IGOR means "bow warrior."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Garden, Famous, Godly
Boy/Male
Indian
Prophet Muhammad, Chosen, Elected
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Imbued in Colour
Girl/Female
Indian
Beauty, Friend, Beloved, Beautiful
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SIMPLE SQUEEZE
v. t.
To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
a.
Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
a.
Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
v. t. & i.
To rumple; to wrinkle.
pl.
of Simile
a.
Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
n.
One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.
a.
Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool.
a.
Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
a.
Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
a.
Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
a.
Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
a.
Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
a.
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
v. t.
To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.
v. i.
To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
n.
Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.
a.
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
imp. & p. p.
of Dimple
imp. & p. p.
of Rimple