Definition of pinching. Meaning of pinching. Synonyms of pinching

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Definition of pinching

Pinching
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.
Pinching
Pinching Pinch"ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4. Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n.

Meaning of pinching from wikipedia

- pinch may refer to: pinch (action), the gripping of part of a pinch (drummer) (born andrew pinching), the drummer for punk band the damned
- occurred in 1991, when pierre wellner published a paper on his multi-touch 'digital desk', which supported multi-finger and pinching motions
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- a boat is considered to be 'pinching' or 'feathering' if the helmsman tries to sail above an efficient close-hauled course and the sails
- simple clay vessels such as bowls and cups of various sizes can be formed and shaped by hand using a methodical pinching process in which
- a pinch is a grip of a flexible object in which a portion is taken between two pinching the skin can result in pinch mark s, a cutaneous
- pinching penny (2011) is an american crime film , marking the debut of director dan external links : pinching-penny. com/ official website
- evelyn a. pinching (march 18, 1915 – december 1988) was a british alpine skier com/olympics/athletes/pi/evie-pinching-1.html evelyn
- william wyatt 'nipper' pinching was a rugby union international who represented england in 1872. early life: nipper pinching was born on 24
- in calculus , the squeeze theorem (known also as the pinching theorem, the sandwich theorem, the sandwich rule and sometimes the squeeze