pinch

IPA: pˈɪntʃ

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
A close compression of anything with the fingers.
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
An organic herbal smoke additive.
(physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
(slang) An arrest.

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.
(intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
(slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
(slang, transitive) 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, intransitive) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
(of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
(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.

Examples of "pinch" in Sentences

I love to pinch and spank.
She pinched her friend accidentally.
The kid pinched his friend on purpose.
The prong collar does not pinch the skin.
The teacher purposely pinched the student,.
He added a pinch of baking powder in his dough.
The kid got the detention for pinching his friend.
The board is pinched between the blade and the fence.
The pinch roller is movable relatively to the bracket.
Add a pinch of salt to offset the slight bitterness of the yarrow.
Saffron to taste (in other words a pinch to quite a bit but it´s very expensive)
A pinch is enougn for one cup but it also depends how strong you like the taste.
Then use the winless (ph) mechanism over the pinch plate to keep you from having what we call a pinch pain.
ROSE: Flip, pull out the slack, and then use the winless mechanism over the pinch plate to keep you from having what we call pinch pain.
The only thing better than a teen-aged Spock taking down an alien panther with an old-fashioned Vulcan nerve pinch is having the whole thing illustrated by Paul Pope.
Thing is, the pressure of the pinch is still ultimately dictated by the hand on the lead ... and there's a lot of vocal/command work that comes into play as part of that whole process.