pinch

Definitions

• To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
• To squeeze between two objects.
• (slang) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
• (slang) To arrest or capture.
• (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
• (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
• (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
• (obsolete) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
• To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
• (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
• To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
• (obsolete) To complain or find fault.