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verb

  • To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

    "The children were scolded for pinching each other."

  • To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
  • To squeeze between two objects.
  • To steal, usually something inconsequential.

    "Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"

  • To arrest or capture.
  • To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
  • To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
  • To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
  • To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
  • To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
  • To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

    "to be pinched for money"

  • To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
  • To complain or find fault.

adjective

  • Very thin, as if drawn together
  • (of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
  • Financially hurt or damaged.
  • Compressed

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