pinched

verb

  1. 1

    To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

    The children were scolded for pinching each other.
  2. 2

    To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

  3. 3

    To squeeze between two objects.

  4. 4

    To steal, usually something inconsequential.

    Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
  5. 5

    To arrest or capture.

  6. 6

    To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

  7. 7

    To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

  8. 8

    To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

  9. 9

    To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

  10. 10

    To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

  11. 11

    To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

    to be pinched for money
  12. 12

    To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

  13. 13

    To complain or find fault.

adjective

  1. 1

    Very thin, as if drawn together

  2. 2

    (of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.

  3. 3

    Financially hurt or damaged.

  4. 4

    Compressed

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