Definition of pinch

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

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Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.
Teetee :: Teetee (n.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Gaunt :: Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim..
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