1. • noun - a painful or straitened circumstance
   • noun - an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
   • noun - a slight but appreciable amount
   • noun - a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
   • noun - a small sharp bite or snip
   • noun - a squeeze with the fingers
   • noun - the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
   • verb - squeeze tightly between the fingers
   • verb - make ridges into by pinching together
   • verb - make off with belongings of others
   • verb - cut the top off
   • verb - irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
2. • To squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.
   • To squeeze or bind (a part of the body) in such a way as to cause discomfort or pain: These shoes pinch my toes.
   • To nip, wither, or shrivel: buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.
   • To straiten: “A year and a half of the blockade has pinched Germany” (William L.
   • To take (money or property) unlawfully; steal.
   • To take into custody; arrest.
   • To move (something) by means of a pinch bar.
   • To head (a boat) very close into the wind.
   • To press, squeeze, or bind painfully: This collar pinches.
   • To be miserly.
   • To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.
   • The act or an instance of pinching.
   • An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger: a pinch of rosemary.
   • A painful, difficult, or straitened circumstance: felt the pinch of the recession.
   • An emergency situation: This coat will do in a pinch.
   • A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.
   • A theft.
   • An arrest by a law enforcement officer.
3. • v - to squeeze between two edges or surfaces

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