Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..

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Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
Teetee :: Teetee (n.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..
Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
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