Pinch

ENGLISH MEANING

noun

1.: A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
2.: As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
3.: A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

verb

1.: (TRANSITIVE) To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.
2.: (FIGURATIVE) (TRANSITIVE) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
3.: (TRANSITIVE) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
4.: (TRANSITIVE) O seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
5.: (TRANSITIVE) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
6.: (INTRANSITIVE) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
7.: (INTRANSITIVE) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
8.: (INTRANSITIVE) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

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