Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..

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Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..
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..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
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..
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
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..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
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