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What does the word pinch mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive

To squeeze; nip; bind; treat stingily.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To plait.

Part of speech: noun

The act of pinching; painful pressure; emergency.

Part of speech: noun

So much as can be taken between the finger and thumb.

Usage examples for pinch

She gave his ear a little pinch. – Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life by Arthur Conan Doyle
I know the piece by heart, and at a pinch I could play all the parts. – San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
Under cover of the table she gave herself a hard pinch to make sure that she was really awake.... – The Beggar Man by Ruby Mildred Ayres

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