Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..

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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..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Rub :: Rub (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch..
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..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Gaunt :: Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim..
Pinchcock :: Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.
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..
Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Pliers :: Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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.
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
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