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- Dictionarypinch/pɪn(t)ʃ/
verb
- 1. grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb: "she pinched his cheek" Similar
- 2. move one's finger and thumb apart or bring them together on (a touchscreen) in order to zoom into or out of an image, activate a function, etc.: "to explore in more detail just pinch the screen"
noun
- 1. an act of pinching someone: "he gave her a gentle pinch" Similar
- 2. a critical point in the game.
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to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain: Ouch! Stop pinching (me)! These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet ). pinch yourself informal.
The meaning of PINCH is to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument. How to use pinch in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pinch.
Pinch definition: to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.. See examples of PINCH used in a sentence.
to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain: Ouch! Stop pinching (me)! These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet ). pinch yourself informal.
n. 1. The act or an instance of pinching. 2. An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt. 3. Difficulty or hardship: felt the pinch of the recession.
If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.
[intransitive, transitive] to place the thumb and a finger of one hand on the screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone or small computer and move them together or apart, to make the image on the screen appear smaller or larger. You can pinch and zoom in. see also flick, spread, tap Topics Computers c1. of a shoe.
To pinch is to sharply squeeze or grip with your fingers. No matter how much you love your grandma, you probably don't enjoy it when she pinches your cheek and tells you how tall you've gotten. SKIP TO CONTENT
pinch noun [C] (PRESS) the act of pressing part of the body or an area of skin tightly between your thumb and first finger. at a pinch UK (US in a pinch) If something can be done at a pinch, it is possible but it is difficult: We can fit ten round the table, at a pinch.
Definitions of 'pinch' 1. If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze. [...] 2. A pinch of an ingredient such as salt is the amount of it that you can hold between your thumb and your first finger. [...] 3.
