Found 4 items, similar to Pinching.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: pinch
mencubit
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pinch
cacak, cecak, cubit-cubitan, cubitan, jemput, mencecah, menggetil
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pinch
pinch
n 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 addition;
“this dish could use a
touch of garlic” [syn:
touch,
hint,
tinge,
mite,
jot,
speck,
soupcon]
4: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that
requires immediate action;
“he never knew what to do in an
emergency” [syn:
emergency,
exigency]
5: small sharp biting [syn:
nip]
6: a squeeze with the fingers [syn:
tweak]
7: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
criminal);
“the policeman on the beat got credit for the
collar” [syn:
apprehension,
arrest,
catch,
collar,
taking into custody]
v 1: squeeze tightly between the fingers;
“He pinched her
behind”;
“She squeezed the bottle” [syn:
squeeze,
twinge,
tweet,
nip,
twitch]
2: make ridges into by pinching together [syn:
crimp]
3: make off with belongings of others [syn:
pilfer,
cabbage,
purloin,
abstract,
snarf,
swipe,
hook,
sneak,
filch,
nobble,
lift]
4: cut the top off;
“top trees and bushes” [syn:
top]
5: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear;
“smooth surfaces
can vellicate the teeth”;
“the pain is as if sharp points
pinch your back” [syn:
vellicate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pinching
Pinch
\Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch;
akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin.
Cf.
Piece.]
1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an
instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two
hard bodies.
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2. to seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]
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He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
--Chapman.
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3. To plait. [Obs.]
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Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer.
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4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a
pinch. See
Pinch, n., 4.
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6. To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift. [Slang]
--Robert Barr.
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7. to catch; to arrest (a criminal).
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Pinching
\Pinch"ing\, a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold;
a pinching parsimony.
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Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See
Pinch, n., 4.
Pinching nut, a check nut. See under
Check, n.
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