NOUN
  • Definition - The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
  • Definition - A close compression of anything with the fingers.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
  • Definition - A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
  • Definition - An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
  • Definition - A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
  • Definition - An organic herbal smoke additive.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
  • Definition - A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
  • Definition - The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
  • Definition - An arrest.
  • Example - I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
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
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
pinch 12
4 Letter Words
chip 11 chin 9 inch 9
3 Letter Words
chi 8 hic 8 hip 8 ich 8 phi 8 pic 7 hin 6 nip 5 pin 5
2 Letter Words
hi 5 pi 4 in 2
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