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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Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
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..
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..
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..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
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..
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..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
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..
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..
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
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