pinch: betekenis en definities

To press, squeeze, or bind painfully: This collar pinches.

To squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.

To squeeze or bind (a part of the body) in a way that causes discomfort or pain: These shoes pinch my toes.

To nip, wither, or shrivel: buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.

To straiten: "A year and a half of the blockade has pinched Germany” ( William L. Shirer).

Slang To take (money or property) unlawfully. See Synonyms at steal.

Slang To take into custody; arrest.

To move (something) with a pinch bar.

Nautical To sail (a boat) so close into the wind that its sails shiver and its speed is reduced.

To be miserly.

Nautical To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.

The act or an instance of pinching.

An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.

A painful, difficult, or straitened circumstance: felt the pinch of the recession.

An emergency situation: This coat will do in a pinch.

A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.

Informal A theft.

Slang An arrest by a law enforcement officer.

Baseball Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners: a pinch single; a pinch steal of third base.

pinch pennies Informal To be thrifty or miserly.