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Definition of Pinch
Pinch

To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.

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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Pinch Quotations

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
William Shakespeare

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
Samuel Butler

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.
George Eliot

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
Eric Hoffer

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
Horace

Pinch Translations

pinch in Dutch is klemmen, tokkelen, knijpen, nijpen
pinch in French is pincon, pincer, caponner
pinch in German is kneife, Kniff, zwicken
pinch in Italian is pizzicare
pinch in Spanish is pizcar, apuro
pinch in Swedish is knipa, nypa


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