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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pinch

1
 vn
squeeze tightly between the fingers
a squeeze with the fingers
2
 n
a painful or straitened circumstance
3
 n
a slight but appreciable amount
4
 v
make off with belongings of others
5
 n
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pinch
1

v squeeze tightly between the fingers

“He pinched her behind”
Synonyms:
nip, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch
Types:
goose
pinch in the buttocks
tweak
pinch or squeeze sharply
Type of:
grip
hold fast or firmly

v make ridges into by pinching together

Synonyms:
crimp
Types:
flute
form flutes in
Type of:
fold, fold up, turn up
bend or lay so that one part covers the other

v irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

“the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back”
Synonyms:
vellicate
Type of:
irritate
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

v cut the top off

Synonyms:
top
Types:
tail
remove the stalk of fruits or berries
Type of:
clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

n a squeeze with the fingers

Synonyms:
tweak
Type of:
squeeze, squeezing
the act of gripping and pressing firmly

n an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

Type of:
harm, hurt, injury, trauma
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

n a small sharp bite or snip

Synonyms:
nip
Type of:
clip, clipping, snip
the act of clipping or snipping
bite, chomp
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
2

n a painful or straitened circumstance

“the pinch of the recession”
Type of:
difficulty
a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

n a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

Synonyms:
emergency, exigency
Type of:
crisis
a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
3

n a slight but appreciable amount

Synonyms:
hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch
Types:
snuff
a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
Type of:
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
4

v make off with belongings of others

Synonyms:
abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
Type of:
steal
take without the owner's consent
5

n the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

Synonyms:
apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody
Type of:
capture, gaining control, seizure
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
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