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A painful, difficult, or straitened circumstance: felt the pinch of the recession.
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An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.
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An emergency situation: This coat will do in a pinch.
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Informal A theft.
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verb-transitive
Nautical To sail (a boat) so close into the wind that its sails shiver and its speed is reduced.
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Slang To take (money or property) unlawfully. See Synonyms at steal.
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Slang To take into custody; arrest.
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To move (something) with a pinch bar.
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To nip, wither, or shrivel: buds that were pinched by the frost; a face that was pinched with grief.
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idiom
Pinch pennies Informal To be thrifty or miserly.
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verb
To squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument.
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To prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching.
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To squeeze or compress painfully.
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To cause physical or mental pain to.
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To cause to appear thin, haggard, or shrunken.
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adjective
Baseball Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners: a pinch single; a pinch steal of third base.
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Hit by a pinch hitter .
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