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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 (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.

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..

Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

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..

Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..

Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..

Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..

Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.

Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.

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..

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..

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.