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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Hungered :: Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.
Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
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..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
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 (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..
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
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..
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
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..
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