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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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..
Tweak ::
Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Skinch ::
Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Chill ::
Chill (n.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever..
Claw ::
Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Pinching ::
Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Pinchers ::
Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
Nip ::
Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Twinge ::
Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Pinch ::
Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Pliers ::
Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc..
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