Pinch

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.

o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.

To plait.

Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.

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

To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

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

As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

Pian; pang.

A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

a small sharp bite or snip

a painful or straitened circumstance; "the pinch of the recession"