| VERB | contact | pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch | squeeze tightly between the fingers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | cinch ... winch: 9 rhymes with ihnch... | |
| Meaning | A painful or straitened circumstance. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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