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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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..
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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..
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
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