Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..

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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..
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..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Gaunt :: Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
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..
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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