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- DictionaryPinch/pin(t)SH/
verb
- 1. grip (something, typically someone's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb: "she pinched his cheek"
- 2. move one's finger and thumb apart or bring them together on (a touchscreen) in order to zoom into or out of an image, activate a function, etc.: "to explore in more detail just pinch the screen"
noun
- 1. an act of gripping the skin of someone's body between finger and thumb: "he gave her a gentle pinch"
- 2. an arrest. informal
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to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain: Ouch! Stop pinching (me)! These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet ). pinch yourself informal.
- Znaczenie Pinch, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
PINCH definicja: 1. to press something, especially someone's...
- English (US)
PINCH meaning: 1. to press something, especially someone's...
- Simplified
PINCH translate: 压, 捏，拧，掐，夹, 偷窃, 偷窃, 数量, （一）撮;少量, 压,...
- Pinch: Japanese Translation
PINCH translate: （指で皮膚など）をつねる, ～を盗む, ～をくすねる, 取って行く, ひとつまみ,...
- Znaczenie Pinch, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
a small amount of a substance that you pick up between your thumb and your first finger: a pinch of salt. pinch noun [C] (PRESS) the act of pressing part of the body or an area of skin tightly between your thumb and first finger. at a pinch UK (US in a pinch) If something can be done at a pinch, it is possible but it is difficult:
1 day ago · to squeeze between a finger and the thumb or between two surfaces, edges, etc. 2. to nip off the end of (a plant shoot), as for controlling bud development. 3. to press painfully upon (some part of the body) 4. to cause distress or discomfort to. 5. to cause to become thin, cramped, etc., as by hunger, pain, cold, etc.
Definition of pinch noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
- Etymology
- Verb
- Noun
From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”), from a merger of *punctiāre (“to puncture, sting”), from Latin punctiō (“a puncture, prick”) and *piccāre (“to strike, sting”), from Frankish *pik...
pinch (third-person singular simple present pinches, present participle pinching, simple past and past participle pinched) 1. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 1.1. The children were scolded for pinchingeach other. 1.2. This shoe pinchesmy foot. 2. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger. 2.1. 2014, Harlan ...
pinch (plural pinches) 1. The action of squeezinga small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 2. A close compression of anything with the fingers. 2.1. I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture. 3. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip. 3.1. Mix abo...
pinch. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pinch1 /pɪntʃ/ verb 1 [ transitive] to press a part of someone’s skin very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts We have to stop her pinching her baby brother. He pinched her cheek. see thesaurus at hurt 2 [ transitive] British English informal to steal ...
verb. [with object] 1grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb:she pinched his cheek. More example sentences. She sighed and rumbled softly while I showed her how to rub and pinch flesh between the fingers, how to read the muscles.
