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pinch

noun

  1. (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
  2. A close compression of anything with the fingers.
  3. A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
  4. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
  5. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
  6. An organic herbal smoke additive.
  7. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
  8. The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

verb

  1. (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
  2. (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
  3. (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
  4. (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
  5. (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
  6. (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
  7. (obsolete, intransitive) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
  8. (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
  9. (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
  10. (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
  11. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
  12. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
  13. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
  14. To squeeze between two objects.