pinch
pinch
- n a painful or straitened circumstance
the pinch of the recession - n an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- n a slight but appreciable amount
- n a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- n a small sharp bite or snip
- n a squeeze with the fingers
- n the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- v squeeze tightly between the fingers
He pinched her behind - v make ridges into by pinching together
- v make off with belongings of others
- v cut the top off
- v irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back
- After all the worry about materials shortages, it looked last week as if the businessman's worst pinch would be in manpower.
- For it was the game's best reliever, Oakland's Dennis Eckersley, protecting a one-run lead with a runner on against the Dodgers' ailing MVP, Kirk Gibson, who volunteered to pinch .
- As businessmen had expected, rubber last week became the first civilian item to feel the pinch of war.