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We have spotted PINCH (5 Letters) a total of 7 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with PINCH and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | 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. |
• | o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. |
• | To plait. |
• | Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. |
• | To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. |
• | To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. |
• | To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. |
• | To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. |
• | A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. |
• | As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. |
• | Pian; pang. |
• | A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar. |
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Usage among publishers:
- USA Today: Nov 10, 2023
- USA Today: Mar 30, 2023
- Universal: Feb 27, 2023