pinch

Definitions of pinch in various dictionaries:

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

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.

verb - to squeeze between two edges or surfaces