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verbirritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
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verbmake off with belongings of others
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verbcut the top off
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nouna sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate actiontype of:
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nouna slight but appreciable amount
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verbmake ridges into by pinching together
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nounthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
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nouna small sharp bite or snip
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nouna squeeze with the fingers
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verbsqueeze tightly between the fingerstype of:
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nounan injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
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nouna painful or straitened circumstancetype of:
Examples of pinch
- "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
- "He pinched her behind"
- "the pinch of the recession"