VERB | contact | pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch | squeeze tightly between the fingers |
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contact | pinch, crimp | make ridges into by pinching together | |
possession | pinch, pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift | make off with belongings of others | |
contact | pinch, top | cut the top off | |
change | pinch, vellicate | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear | |
NOUN | state | pinch | a painful or straitened circumstance |
state | pinch | an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed | |
quantity | pinch, touch, hint, tinge, mite, jot, speck, soupcon | a slight but appreciable amount | |
event | pinch, emergency, exigency | a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | |
act | pinch, nip | a small sharp bite or snip | |
act | pinch, tweak | a squeeze with the fingers | |
act | pinch, apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) |
Sounds | pih'nch | |
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Rhymes | cinch ... winch: 9 rhymes with ihnch... |
Meaning | A painful or straitened circumstance. | |
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Example | "the pinch of the recession" | |
Broader | difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome |
Spanish | apuro |
Meaning | An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed. | |
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Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
Meaning | A slight but appreciable amount. | |
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Synonyms | touch, hint, tinge, mite, jot, speck, soupcon | |
Narrower | snuff | A pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time |
Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
Spanish | pizca | |
Catalan | pessic |
Meaning | A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action. | |
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Synonyms | emergency, exigency | |
Broader | crisis | A crucial stage / stage or turning point in the course of something |
Spanish | apuro, emergencia, urgencia | |
Catalan | emergència, urgència |
Meaning | A small sharp bite or snip. | |
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Synonym | nip | |
Broader | bite, chomp | The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws |
clip, clipping, snip | The act of clipping / clipping or snipping / snipping | |
Spanish | pizco | |
Catalan | pessic | |
Verbs | pinch | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear |
Meaning | A squeeze with the fingers. | |
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Synonym | tweak | |
Broader | squeeze, squeezing | The act of gripping and pressing firmly |
Spanish | pellizco, repizco | |
Catalan | pessic | |
Verbs | pinch | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear |
pinch | squeeze tightly between the fingers | |
pinch | make ridges into by pinching together |
Meaning | The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal). | |
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Synonyms | apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody | |
Broader | capture, gaining control, seizure | The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
Spanish | arresto, detención | |
Catalan | arrest, detenció |
Meaning | squeeze tightly between the fingers. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They pinch the trees | |
Example | "He pinched her behind" | |
Synonyms | squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch | |
Narrower | goose | pinch in the buttocks |
tweak | pinch or squeeze sharply | |
Broader | grip | hold fast or firmly |
Spanish | pellizcar | |
Catalan | apretar lleugerament, pessigar | |
Nouns | pinch | a squeeze with the fingers |
Meaning | make ridges into by pinching together. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | crimp | |
Narrower | flute | form flutes in |
Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
Nouns | pinch | a squeeze with the fingers |
Meaning | Make off with belongings of others. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Model | They pinch the money | |
Synonyms | pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift | |
Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
Spanish | afanar, atrapar, birlar, enganchar, guindar, hurtar, mangar, quitar, robar | |
Catalan | furtar, pispar, robar |
Meaning | cut the top off. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | top | |
Narrower | tail | Remove the stalk of fruits or berries |
Broader | snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of |
Spanish | desmochar, pellizcar |
Meaning | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
Example | "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back" | |
Synonym | vellicate | |
Broader | irritate | excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus |
Spanish | pellizcar, velicar | |
Nouns | pinch | a squeeze with the fingers |
pinch | a small sharp bite or snip |
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