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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Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Gaunt :: Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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..
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
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..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
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..
Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.
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