Definition of Pinch

Verb: pinch  pinch

  1. Press tightly between the fingers
    "He pinched her behind";
    - squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
     
  2. Make ridges into by pinching together
    - crimp
     
  3. [Brit] Make off with belongings of others
    - pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch [informal], nobble [Brit], lift, snatch, whip [Brit], nick [Brit, informal]
     
  4. Cut the top off
    - top
     
  5. Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
    "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back";
    - vellicate
     
  6. [Brit] Take into custody
    "the police pinched the suspected criminals";
    - collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop, nick [Brit]
Noun: pinch  pinch
  1. A painful or straitened circumstance
    "the pinch of the recession"
     
  2. An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
     
  3. A slight but appreciable amount
    "this dish could use a pinch of garlic";
    - touch, hint, tinge, mite, jot, speck, soupçon
     
  4. A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
    - emergency, exigency, exigence
     
  5. A small sharp bite or snip
    - nip
     
  6. A squeeze with the fingers
    - tweak
     
  7. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    - apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody

See also:
pincers
pinchbeck

Anagrams containing the word pinch

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