short squeeze
/ʃɔːrt skwiːz/
a rapid price increase that forces short sellers to buy back shares at a loss, accelerating the rise
short squeeze in a sentence
“The GameStop short squeeze of 2021 became one of the most dramatic in market history.”
Origin of short squeeze
Short (position) + squeeze — the shorts are squeezed into buying
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