pinch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pinch	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for pinch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinch n a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession" an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" Synonym(s): touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency" Synonym(s): emergency, exigency, pinch a small sharp bite or snip Synonym(s): nip, pinch a squeeze with the fingers Synonym(s): pinch, tweak the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" Synonym(s): apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody v squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" Synonym(s): pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch make ridges into by pinching together Synonym(s): crimp, pinch make off with belongings of others Synonym(s): pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" Synonym(s): top, pinch 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" Synonym(s): pinch, vellicate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. [Slang] --Robert Barr.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. {Piece}.] 1. 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. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.] He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down. --Chapman. 3. To plait. [Obs.] Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer. 4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W. Raleigh. 5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See {Pinch}, n., 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinch \Pinch\, v. i. 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. 2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.] 3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. --Gower. The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare. --Franklin. {To pinch at}, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinch \Pinch\, n. 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. 2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. 3. Pian; pang. [bd]Necessary's sharp pinch.[b8] --Shak. 4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also {pinch bar}. {At a pinch}, {On a pinch}, in an emergency; as, he could on a pinch read a little Latin.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pinch, WV (CDP, FIPS 63772) Location: 38.40736 N, 81.47983 W Population (1990): 2695 (1065 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)