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pinch

1. [söz] çümmük [Umumy]

2. [söz] çümmüklemek [Umumy]

3. [söz] garyndy [Umumy]

4. [işlik] çirtmek [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

pinch

v. t. [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. ()

2. to seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. ()

He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down. (Chapman.)

3. To plait. ()

Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. (Chaucer.)

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

Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. (Sir W. Raleigh.)

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

6. To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift. (Robert Barr.)

7. to catch; to arrest (a criminal). ()

v. i. 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. ()

2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. ()

3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. (Gower.)

The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare. (Franklin.)

To pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.] Chaucer. ()

n. 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. ()

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

3. Pian; pang. (Shak.)

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

At a pinch, On a pinch, in an emergency; as, he could on a pinch read a little Latin. ()