intransitive verb. To squeeze (something) between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.

intransitive verb. To cause pain or discomfort to (a part of the body) by pressing or being too tight.

intransitive verb. To nip, wither, or shrivel.

intransitive verb. To cause to be in difficulty or financial distress.

intransitive verb. To take (money or property) wrongfully. synonym: steal.

intransitive verb. To take into custody; arrest.

intransitive verb. To move (something) with a pinch bar.

intransitive verb. To sail (a boat) so close into the wind that its sails shiver and its speed is reduced.

intransitive verb. To press, squeeze, or bind painfully.

intransitive verb. To draw a thumb and a finger together on a touchschreen to cause the image to become smaller.

intransitive verb. To be frugal or miserly.

intransitive verb. To drag an oar at the end of a stroke.

noun. The act or an instance of pinching.

noun. An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger.

noun. Difficulty or hardship.

noun. An emergency situation.

noun. A narrowing of a mineral deposit, as in a mine.

noun. A theft.

noun. An arrest by a law enforcement officer.

adjective. Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners.

idiom. (pinch pennies) To be thrifty or miserly.

noun. In mining, a partial caving in or compression of the walls of a vein of ore or of a coal-bed, sufficient to disturb the ore or coal-bed. Sometimes called a pinch-out.

To arrest (an offender).

To steal.

Nautical, to sail (a vessel) as close to the wind as she can be brought without spilling the wind out of the sails, that is, without luffing her. A sailing-vessel is said to be starved for wind when she is pinched hard.

To compress or be squeezed out, as mineral ore from between rock strata.

noun. The pressure exerted by the finger and thumb when brought together forcibly upon something, or any similar pressure; a nip: as, to give one a pinch on the arm.

noun. As much of anything as can be lifted between the finger and thumb; hence, a very small quantity: as, a pinch of snuff; a pinch of salt.

noun. A gripe; a pang.

noun. Pressure; oppression; difficulty; need.

noun. A pinch-bar.

To compress between the finger and thumb, or between the teeth, or the claws, or with pincers or some similar instrument; squeeze or nip between two hard opposing bodies; nip; squeeze: as, to pinch one's self to keep awake.

To squeeze or press painfully upon: as, his shoes pinch his feet.

To seize or grip and bite: said of an animal.

To find fault with.

To plait.

To straiten; distress; afflict: as, to be pinched for food; pinched with poverty.

To narrow, contract, or nip, as by cold or want or trouble: as, pinched features; a mind narrow and pinched.

To move with a pinch or crowbar: as, to pinch a gun into position.

To exert a compressing or nipping pressure or force; bear hard: as, that is where the shoe pinches.

To lay hold; bite or snap, as a dog.

To snarl; carp; find fault.

To be sparing, parsimonious, or niggardly.

To encroach.

intransitive verb. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze.

intransitive verb. To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

intransitive verb. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

intransitive verb. to find fault with; to take exception to.

noun. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.

noun. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity.

"Then use the winless (ph) mechanism over the pinch plate to keep you from having what we call a pinch pain."