pinch | English to English Dictionary

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pinch

(p/I/nt/S/ )

a painful or straitened circumstance(noun.state)

Example:
The pinch of the recession.

source: wordnet30
an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed(noun.state)

source: wordnet30
a slight but appreciable amount(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch

source: wordnet30
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action(noun.event)

Synonym:
emergency, exigency

source: wordnet30
a small sharp bite or snip(noun.act)

Synonym:
nip

source: wordnet30
a squeeze with the fingers(noun.act)

Synonym:
tweak

source: wordnet30
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)(noun.act)

Synonym:
apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody

source: wordnet30
A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.(noun)

source: webster1913

squeeze tightly between the fingers(verb.contact)

Example:
He pinched her behind.

Synonym:
nip, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch

source: wordnet30
make ridges into by pinching together(verb.contact)

Synonym:
crimp

source: wordnet30
make off with belongings of others(verb.possession)

Synonym:
abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe

source: wordnet30
cut the top off(verb.contact)

Synonym:
top

source: wordnet30
irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear(verb.change)

Example:
The pain is as if sharp points pinch your back.

Synonym:
vellicate

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.(verb)

source: webster1913
To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.(verb)

source: webster1913