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pinch

Nouns

• (n) a painful or straitened circumstance
  • the pinch of the recession
• (n) an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
• (n) a slight but appreciable amount
  • this dish could use a touch of garlic
  mite, soupcon, tinge, jot, hint, speck, touch,
• (n) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
  • he never knew what to do in an emergency
  emergency, exigency,
• (n) a small sharp bite or snip nip,
• (n) a squeeze with the fingers tweak,
• (n) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
  • the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
  arrest, taking into custody, apprehension, collar, catch,

Verbs

• (v) squeeze tightly between the fingers
  • He pinched her behind
  • She squeezed the bottle
  nip, tweet, twinge, twitch, squeeze,
• (v) make ridges into by pinching together crimp,
• (v) make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, sneak, hook, lift,
• (v) cut the top off
  • top trees and bushes
  top,
• (v) 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
  vellicate,

Synonyms

nip tweet twinge twitch squeeze crimp mite soupcon tinge jot hint speck touch cabbage filch pilfer purloin snarf abstract nobble swipe sneak hook lift top emergency exigency vellicate tweak arrest taking into custody apprehension collar catch

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