pinch
pinch
pÉĒnʧ
pinch
/pˈÉĒnt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pinch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž

to tightly grip and squeeze something, particularly someone's flesh, between one's fingers
Transitive: to pinch sb/sth
to pinch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef instructed the students to pinch the edges of the pastry to create a decorative pattern.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž, āϟāĻŋāĻĒ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž

to compress or press one's lips together, typically as a reaction to stress, tension, or discomfort
Transitive: to pinch one's lips
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child pinched her lips, feeling nervous before the performance.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ ā§‹āρāϟ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāϏ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž

to cause discomfort or distress
Transitive: to pinch one's body or mind
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The biting cold wind pinched their cheeks as they walked through the winter storm.
āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻļā§€āϤāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻžāϞ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to remove the growing tip or end portion of a plant to encourage branching or bushier growth
Transitive: to pinch the tips of a plant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The florist pinched the ends of the rose stems to encourage lateral growth and more blooms.
āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take something in a somewhat sneaky manner
Transitive: to pinch sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She pinched a few candies from the jar without her mother noticing.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻž āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϜāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāϰāĻž

to take someone into custody
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to pinch sb
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They pinched the suspect after he tried to flee the scene of the crime.
āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ, āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŸā§‡

the act of grasping or squeezing something firmly between the thumb and fingers
pinch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a pinch to pick up the tiny thread from the floor.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āϏ⧁āϤāĻž āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ

a slight amount of something one can hold between the index finger and thumb
pinch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He sprinkled a pinch of cinnamon on top of his coffee.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϰāϚāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ, āφāϟāĻ•

an act of taking someone into custody
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the pinch, the suspect was read his rights and placed in a holding cell.
āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāϰ-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻĢāĻžāϜāϤ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ

a quick, sharp bite or snip, often resulting in a sudden, brief sensation of pain or discomfort
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He felt a sharp pinch as he accidentally caught his finger in the door hinge.
āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŦā§āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟ

a critical, urgent situation that demands quick response
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ship 's captain handled the pinch admirably and kept everyone safe during the storm.
āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āύ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ, āϚāĻžāĻĒ

the painful result of getting a body part compressed or squeezed between two objects
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pinch on her toe came from accidentally stepping on a small object.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āφāϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ Accidentally āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻŋāĻŽāϟāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

a condition of hardship, scarcity, or tightness, often financial or material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rent increases put the small business in a pinch, forcing them to renegotiate lease terms.
āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

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