Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

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Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Teetee :: Teetee (n.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..
Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
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..
Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
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..
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