pinch
/pษชntส/IPA: /P IH1 N CH/
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The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
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A close compression of anything with the fingers.
โI gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.โ
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A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
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An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
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A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
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An organic herbal smoke additive.
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A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
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The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
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An arrest.
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To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
โThe children were scolded for pinching each other.โ
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To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
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To squeeze between two objects.
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To steal, usually something inconsequential.
โSomeone has pinched my handkerchief!โ
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To arrest or capture.
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To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
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To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
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To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
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To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
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To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
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To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
โto be pinched for moneyโ
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To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
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To complain or find fault.
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