squeeze between a finger and thumb; compress; economize; steal, filch
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Pinching Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Pinch
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(a.)
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutCompressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
penny-pinching
steal, rob, take what does not belong to you
When he was a boy he pinched pennies from his mom's purse.
When he was a boy he pinched pennies from his mom's purse.
Noun
1. a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
(hypernym) difficulty
2. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
(hypernym) injury, hurt, harm, trauma
3. a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
(synonym) touch, hint, tinge, mite, jot, speck, soupcon
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
(hyponym) snuff
4. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
(synonym) emergency, exigency
(hypernym) crisis
5. small sharp biting
(synonym) nip
(hypernym) bite, chomp
(derivation) vellicate
6. a squeeze with the fingers
(synonym) tweak
(hypernym) squeeze, squeezing
(derivation) vellicate
7. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
(synonym) apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody
(hypernym) capture, gaining control, seizure
Verb
1. squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
(synonym) squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
(hypernym) grip
(hyponym) tweak
(derivation) tweak
2. make ridges into by pinching together
(synonym) crimp
(hypernym) fold, fold up, turn up
(hyponym) flute
(derivation) tweak
3. make off with belongings of others
(synonym) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
(hypernym) steal
4. cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
(synonym) top
(hypernym) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
(hyponym) tail
5. 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"
(synonym) vellicate
(hypernym) irritate
(derivation) tweak
Pinching Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Pinch may refer to:
- Pinch (action), the gripping of part of a substance, such as a powder or the skin
- Pinch (cooking), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice
- Pinch, West Virginia
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