Pinch
Definition of Pinch
| v. t. | 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. | to seize; to grip; to bite; - said of animals. | | 3. | To plait. | | 4. | Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. | | 5. | To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. | | 6. | To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift. | | 7. | to catch; to arrest (a criminal). | | 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. | | 3. | To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. | | n. | 1. | A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. | | 2. | As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. | | 3. | Pian; pang. | | 4. | A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, - used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar. |
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