Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) To plait.

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Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.
Rub :: Rub (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch..
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..
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
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..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
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 (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar..
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