Pinch | Meaning of pinch

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pinch (verb)
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
The children were scolded for pinching each other.
This shoe pinches my foot.

pinch (verb)
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

pinch (verb)
To squeeze between two objects.

pinch (verb)
To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
Someone has pinched my handkerchief!

pinch (verb)
To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

pinch (verb)
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

pinch (noun)
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

pinch (noun)
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

pinch (noun)
An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.

pinch (noun)
An organic herbal smoke additive.

pinch (noun)
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

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January 24, 2019

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