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Pinch

pɪn(t)ʃ

Pinch definitions
verb
pinch pinched pinches pinching
  1. grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb

    "she pinched his cheek"

    nip tweak squeeze compress grasp
    • use the fingers to remove (buds or leaves) from a plant to encourage bushy growth

      "pinch out tips of shoots regularly"

    • (of a shoe) hurt (a foot) by being too tight

      "Mrs Grandison's pointed, Italian-style shoes were already beginning to pinch her feet"

    • compress (one's lips), especially from worry or tension

      "Aunt Rose pinched her thin lips together"

  2. move one's finger and thumb apart or bring them together on (a touchscreen) in order to zoom into or out of an image, activate a function, etc.

    "to explore in more detail just pinch the screen"

  3. steal or take without permission

    "he pinched a handful of sweets"

    steal thieve rob take snatch pilfer purloin loot rifle abscond with carry off
    • arrest (someone)

      "I was pinched for dangerous driving last month"

  4. live in a frugal way

    "if I scraped and pinched a bit, I might manage"

    economize be economical scrimp scrimp and save cut corners reduce wastage skimp stint be sparing be frugal cut back tighten one's belt draw in one's horns retrench cut expenditure cut one's coat according to one's cloth
  5. sail (a boat) so close to the wind that the sails begin to lose power
noun
pinch pinches
  1. an act of pinching someone

    "he gave her a gentle pinch"

    nip tweak squeeze
    • an amount of an ingredient that can be held between fingers and thumb

      "add a pinch of salt"

  2. a critical point in the game