PINCH
\pˈɪnt͡ʃ], \pˈɪntʃ], \p_ˈɪ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of PINCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
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a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
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irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
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cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
By Princeton University
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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
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a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
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irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
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cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
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To plait.
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Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
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To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
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To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
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As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
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Pian; pang.
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o seize; to grip; to bite; - said of animals.
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A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, - used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
By Oddity Software
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To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.
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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
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To plait.
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Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
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To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
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To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
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As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
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Pian; pang.
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o seize; to grip; to bite; - said of animals.
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A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, - used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
By Noah Webster.
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To plait.
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To squeeze; nip; bind; treat stingily.
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The act of pinching; painful pressure; emergency.
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So much as can be taken between the finger and thumb.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To squeeze or nip between two hard edges; to press on so as to hurt; oppress or distress; make thin or wan; as, to be pinched with hunger.
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To press hard; as, my shoe pinches; be mean or miserly.
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A squeeze or nip, as with the fingers and thumb; painful pressure; as, the pinch of poverty; a sudden difficulty or necessity; as, to do it at a pinch; as much as can be held between the thumb and finger; as, a pinch of salt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To gripe hard: to squeeze: to squeeze the flesh so as to give pain: to nip: to distress: to gripe.
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To act with force: to bear or press hard: to live sparingly.
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A close compression with the fingers: what can be taken up by the compressed fingers: a gripe: distress: oppression.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. A close compression with the ends of the fingers; also, that which is taken between the ends of the fingers;—a gripe; a pang;—straits; difficulty; time of distress;—pressure; oppression;—a lever having a projection acting as a fulcrum near one end, used chiefly to roll heavy wheels—called also pinch-bar.
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