Definition of pinch

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Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..

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Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
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..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
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..
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
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..
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..
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..
Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
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