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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Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
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 (n.) Pian; pang.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Teetee :: Teetee (n.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel..
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
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..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
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..
Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
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