Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

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Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
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..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
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..
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
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..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
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