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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Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
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..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Hungered :: Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
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..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
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