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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Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
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..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
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. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
Hungered :: Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
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..
Pinchcock :: Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
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