Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..

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Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with 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..
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
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..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of 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..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
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..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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