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pinch
verb (pinches , pinched , pinching )
1 to squeeze or nip the flesh of someone or something, between thumb and finger.
2 to compress or squeeze something painfully.
3 said eg of cold or hunger: to affect someone or something painfully or injuriously.
4 tr & intr said of tight shoes: to hurt or chafe.
5 (usu pinch something off, out or back) to prune (a plant) by removing the tips of its shoots.
6 tr & intr , colloq to steal.
7 intr said of controls, restrictions, shortages, etc: to cause hardship.
8 intr to economize had to pinch and scrape to get by .
9 colloq to arrest someone.
noun (pinches )
1 an act of pinching; a nip or squeeze.
2 the quantity of something (eg salt) that can be held between thumb and finger.
3 a very small amount.
4 a critical time of difficulty or hardship.
[14c: from French pincier to pinch]
at a pinch colloq if absolutely necessary.
feel the pinch colloq to find life, work, etc difficult because of lack of money.
verb (pinches , pinched , pinching )
1 to squeeze or nip the flesh of someone or something, between thumb and finger.
2 to compress or squeeze something painfully.
3 said eg of cold or hunger: to affect someone or something painfully or injuriously.
4 tr & intr said of tight shoes: to hurt or chafe.
5 (usu pinch something off, out or back) to prune (a plant) by removing the tips of its shoots.
6 tr & intr , colloq to steal.
7 intr said of controls, restrictions, shortages, etc: to cause hardship.
8 intr to economize had to pinch and scrape to get by .
9 colloq to arrest someone.
noun (pinches )
1 an act of pinching; a nip or squeeze.
2 the quantity of something (eg salt) that can be held between thumb and finger.
3 a very small amount.
4 a critical time of difficulty or hardship.
[14c: from French pincier to pinch]
at a pinch colloq if absolutely necessary.
feel the pinch colloq to find life, work, etc difficult because of lack of money.
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