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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"

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"

cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"

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"

cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"

To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.

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.

To plait.

Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.

To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

Pian; pang.

o seize; to grip; to bite; - said of animals.

A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, - used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.

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.

To plait.

Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.

To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

Pian; pang.

o seize; to grip; to bite; - said of animals.

A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, - used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

To plait.

To squeeze; nip; bind; treat stingily.

The act of pinching; painful pressure; emergency.

So much as can be taken between the finger and thumb.

To squeeze or nip between two hard edges; to press on so as to hurt; oppress or distress; make thin or wan; as, to be pinched with hunger.

To press hard; as, my shoe pinches; be mean or miserly.

A squeeze or nip, as with the fingers and thumb; painful pressure; as, the pinch of poverty; a sudden difficulty or necessity; as, to do it at a pinch; as much as can be held between the thumb and finger; as, a pinch of salt.

To gripe hard: to squeeze: to squeeze the flesh so as to give pain: to nip: to distress: to gripe.

To act with force: to bear or press hard: to live sparingly.

A close compression with the fingers: what can be taken up by the compressed fingers: a gripe: distress: oppression.

A nip; squeeze.

To squeeze; nip; gripe.

A painful compression with the ends of the fingers; that which is taken between the fingers and thumb; a gripe; distress inflicted or suffered; straits.

To press hard or squeeze; to nip; to gripe; to straiten; to oppress with want; to distress; to press; to press hard.

To act with pressing force; to hear hard; to be straitened.

A sharp and painful gripe by the ends of the fingers or by pincers, &c.; the mark or pain occasioned by it; the small quantity that can be held between the thumb and forefinger; pressure; oppression; distress through want.

To gripe or squeeze between the thumb and a finger; to squeeze or press between any two sharp edges or points so as to pain; to distress; to press hard or bear hard upon, as want; to act with a force to be felt; to spare; to be frugal.

n. A close compression with the ends of the fingers; also, that which is taken between the ends of the fingers;—a gripe; a pang;—straits; difficulty; time of distress;—pressure; oppression;—a lever having a projection acting as a fulcrum near one end, used chiefly to roll heavy wheels—called also pinch-bar.