VERB
  • Definition - To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
  • Example - The children were scolded for pinching each other.
  • Definition - To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
  • Example - The children were scolded for pinching each other.
  • Definition - To squeeze between two objects.
  • Example - The children were scolded for pinching each other.
  • Definition - To steal, usually something inconsequential.
  • Example - Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  • Definition - To arrest or capture.
  • Example - Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  • Definition - To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
  • Example - Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  • Definition - To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
  • Example - Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  • Definition - To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
  • Example - Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  • Definition - To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
  • Example - Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  • Definition - To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
  • Example - Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  • Definition - To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
  • Example - to be pinched for money
  • Definition - To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
  • Example - to be pinched for money
  • Definition - To complain or find fault.
  • Example - to be pinched for money
NOUN
  • Definition - The act of one who or that which pinches.
  • Example - to be pinched for money
  • Definition - The act of pinching off new growth.
  • Example - to be pinched for money
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - That pinches, or causes such a sensation
  • Example - to be pinched for money
Words in your word
8 Letter Words
pinching 16
7 Letter Words
chining 13 inching 13 niching 13
6 Letter Words
pining 9
5 Letter Words
pinch 12 ching 11 ginch 11 icing 8 piing 8
4 Letter Words
chip 11 chin 9 inch 9 nigh 8 ping 7
3 Letter Words
chi 8 hic 8 hip 8 ich 8 phi 8 ghi 7 pic 7 cig 6 gip 6 hin 6 pig 6 nip 5 pin 5 gin 4 inn 3
2 Letter Words
hi 5 pi 4 gi 3 in 2
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