adv
Pinching; so as to pinch.
v
(transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.
n
(more generally) The precise position at which a control mechanism as been moved just enough to cause a device to operate.
v
To pinch and hold; to seize.
v
(transitive, Cockney rhyming slang) To pinch, to steal.
n
(literally) One who habitually bites or chews their fingernails.
adj
alternative spelling of nail-biting [That causes nervous anticipation or suspense]
n
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
v
To bite or pinch with small actions.
v
Eggcorn of nip in the bud.
v
(transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.
n
(obsolete) A mood, a state of being.
n
(by extension) Any attempt to aim something somewhere while handicapped in doing so.
v
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To surround with a pincer attack.
n
Synonym of pincer attack
v
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
v
(obsolete) To find fault with; to take exception to.
n
The force exerted between the thumb and forefinger when pinching or gripping
v
Alternative spelling of pinch-hits
n
(figuratively) Caution, doubt, consideration.
n
(archaic) The moment of determination or the most crucial point (of something).
v
To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion.
n
(economics) The level of inventories of a commodity or product below which consumers become concerned about security of supply
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To do something in the place of another person who is not able to perform or is less skilled; to substitute or stand in for somebody.
n
Synonym of gizzada (“coconut tart”)
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
n
The quality of being pinched.
n
A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing; e.g. a miser or penny pincher.
n
Alternative form of pinch force [The force exerted between the thumb and forefinger when pinching or gripping]
adv
So as to pinch; with great poverty or stinginess.
n
Alternative form of pinch point [(engineering) A point in between moving and stationary parts of a machine where an individual's body part may become caught, leading to injury]
v
Obsolete spelling of pinched; simple past tense and past participle of pinch
adj
(informal) prone or designed to pinch
v
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
n
(obsolete) One who pins or impounds cattle; a pinder.
n
(obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.
n
Alternative form of scissor bite [A slight overbite.]
n
(physics) A pinch (magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament) where the magnetic field runs down the axis of the cylinder, while the electric field is in the azimuthal direction.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To pinch severely.
n
A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch.
v
(transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
n
Alternative form of theta pinch [(physics) A pinch (magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament) where the magnetic field runs down the axis of the cylinder, while the electric field is in the azimuthal direction.]
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