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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Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..
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..
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..
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..
Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..
Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
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