Definition of pinch

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Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar..

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Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Hungered :: Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.
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..
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
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..
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Chill :: Chill (n.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever..
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