Definition of pinch

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Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..

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Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
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..
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
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..
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
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