pinched
Dictionary
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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