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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Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
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..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..
Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.
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