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单词 pinch
释义 Verb: pinch  pinch
  1. Squeeze tightly between the fingers
    "He pinched her behind"
    - squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch 
  2. Make ridges into by pinching together
    - crimp 
  3. [Brit] Make off with belongings of others
    - pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble [Brit], lift, nick [Brit] 
  4. Cut the top off
    - top 
  5. Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
    "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
    - vellicate
Noun: pinch  pinch
  1. A painful or straitened circumstance
    "the pinch of the recession" 
  2. An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed 
  3. A slight but appreciable amount
    - touch, hint, tinge, mite, jot, speck, soupçon 
  4. A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
    - emergency, exigency 
  5. A small sharp bite or snip
    - nip 
  6. A squeeze with the fingers
    - tweak 
  7. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    - apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody

Derived forms: pinches, pinching, pinched

Type of: bite, capture, chomp, clip, clipping, crisis, crop, cut back, difficulty, dress, fold, fold up, gaining control, grip, harm, hurt, injury, irritate, lop, prune, seizure, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, snip, squeeze, squeezing, steal, trauma, trim, turn up

Encyclopedia: Pinch Pinch, WV Pinch, West Virginia

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