Dictionary Entry
pinch
pinch is a 5-letter English word with 24 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 24 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
- 3transitive verb
To plait.
- 4transitive verb
Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
- 5transitive verb
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch., 4.
- 6intransitive verb
To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
- 7intransitive verb
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- 8intransitive verb
To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
- 9noun
A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
- 10noun
As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
- 11noun
Pian; pang.
- 12noun
A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
- 13noun
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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- 14noun
a squeeze with the fingers
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- 15noun
a small sharp bite or snip
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- 16noun
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
"he never knew what to do in an emergency"
- 17noun
a slight but appreciable amount
"this dish could use a touch of garlic"
- 18noun
an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- 19noun
a painful or straitened circumstance
"the pinch of the recession"
- 20verb
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"
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- 21verb
cut the top off
"top trees and bushes"
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- 22verb
squeeze tightly between the fingers
"He pinched her behind"
"She squeezed the bottle"
- 23verb
make ridges into by pinching together
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- 24verb
make off with belongings of others
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