Definition of pinch. Meaning of pinch. Synonyms of pinch

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Definition of pinch

Pinch
Pinch Pinch, v. t. To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. [Slang] --Robert Barr.
Pinch
Pinch Pinch, v. i. 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. 2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.] 3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. --Gower. The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare. --Franklin. To pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Pinch
Pinch Pinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. Piece.] 1. 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. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.] He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down. --Chapman. 3. To plait. [Obs.] Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer. 4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W. Raleigh. 5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

Meaning of pinch from wikipedia

- pinch may refer to: pinch (action), the gripping of part of a substance, such as a powder or the skin pinch (cooking), a very small amount
- in baseball , a pinch hitter is a substitute batter . batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play
- a pinch is the compression of an electrically conducting filament by magnetic forces. the conductor is usually a plasma , but could also
- in fusion power research, the z-pinch, also known as zeta pinch, is a type of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current
- rob ellis, better known as pinch, is a dubstep artist from bristol , united kingdom noted for his fusion of styles such as reggae , world
- trevor j. pinch (born 1952) is a british sociologist,part-time musician and former chair of the science and technology studies department
- pinch (born andrew pinching on 5 september 1965 in grantham , lincolnshire ) is the current drummer in punk band the damned he has been
- pinch is often heard coughing excessively and, since july 15, 2009, bill schulz occasionally changes pinch's healthy-looking cardboard
- a pinch is a grip of a flexible object in which a portion is taken between two finger s, until it hurts, or something of resemblance and
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