Definition of pinch

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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..

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Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
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..
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
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..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
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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