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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Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Pinch :: 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..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..
Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.
Chelicera :: Chelicera (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
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