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pinch
Found in thesaurus: hurt, small indefinite quantity, clip, bite, squeezing, seizure, fold, cut back, lop, irritate
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pinch
v.
squeeze between a finger and thumb; compress; economize; steal, filch
n.
act of squeezing between a finger and thumb, tweak; ache, pain; little bit, small amount
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Pinch
Pinch or pinching may refer to:
- Pinch (action), gripping an object or substance between two fingers
- Pinch (cooking), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice
- Pinch (whisky) or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky
- Pinch, Indiana, an unincorporated community
- Pinch, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Kanawha County
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pinch
Noun
1. a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"
(hypernym) difficulty
2. an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
(hypernym) injury, hurt, harm, trauma
3. a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
(synonym) touch, hint, tinge, mite, jot, speck, soupcon
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
(hyponym) snuff
4. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
(synonym) emergency, exigency
(hypernym) crisis
5. small sharp biting
(synonym) nip
(hypernym) bite, chomp
(derivation) vellicate
6. a squeeze with the fingers
(synonym) tweak
(hypernym) squeeze, squeezing
(derivation) vellicate
7. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
(synonym) apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody
(hypernym) capture, gaining control, seizure
Verb
1. squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
(synonym) squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
(hypernym) grip
(hyponym) tweak
(derivation) tweak
2. make ridges into by pinching together
(synonym) crimp
(hypernym) fold, fold up, turn up
(hyponym) flute
(derivation) tweak
3. make off with belongings of others
(synonym) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
(hypernym) steal
4. cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
(synonym) top
(hypernym) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
(hyponym) tail
5. irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
(synonym) vellicate
(hypernym) irritate
(derivation) tweak
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pinch
v.
štípnout; skřípnout; ukrást
n.
štípnutí; špetka
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pinch
Czas.
szczypać; cisnąć; uwierać; (ukraść) gwizdnąć, zwędzić, świsnąć
Rzecz.
uszczypnięcie; szczypta
