pinched

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

“The children were scolded for pinching each other.”

To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

To squeeze between two objects.

To steal, usually something inconsequential.

“Someone has pinched my handkerchief!”

To arrest or capture.

To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

“to be pinched for money”

To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

To complain or find fault.

Very thin, as if drawn together

(of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.

Financially hurt or damaged.

Compressed