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 (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
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.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
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..
Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
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..
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
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..
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