pinch

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
2. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
3. To squeeze between two objects.
4. (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
5. (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
6. (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
7. To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
8. To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
9. To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
10. (intransitive, obsolete) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
11. To seize; to grip; to bite.
12. (figuratively) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
13. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
14. (obsolete) To complain or find fault.

Noun

1. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
2. A close compression of anything with the fingers.
3. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
4. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
5. A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
6. An organic herbal smoke additive.
7. A magnetic compression of an electrically conducting filament.
8. The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
9. (slang) An arrest.

Concepts

pincer

pincée

serrer

tenir

chiper

piquer

poudre à canon

voler

presser

pinçon

dérober

peu

piger

pincement

pointe

pinçage

urgence

pétrir

absoudre

acarien

crise

striction

creuser

collier

subtiliser

col

chou

choper

tordre

toucher

arrestation

chaparder

ajouter

coincer

dépouiller

souffrir des privations

enculer

éteindre

étreindre

exigence

faucher

Synonymes

nip

squeeze

steal

press

tweak

pilfer

swipe

filch

nick

purloin

clamp

🗜️

too tight

lift

sting

bite

arrest

hurt

grab

clip

snitch

hold

emergency

exigency

pluck

make narrow

little bit

squash

sneak

bit

gunpowder

catch

snatch

compress

press together

oppress

dash

💨

clutch

thieve

nab

straits

clasp

speck

crush

hook

🪝

crisis

snip

grip

fix

enclose

rob

Traductions

pellizcar

kneifen

pizzicare

zwicken

pellizco

beliscar

knijpen

pizzico

birlar

pizca

pizzicotto

klemmen

🗜️

apretar

Prise

tokkelen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɪnt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pinchen

Appartenant à ancien français: pincier

In summary

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 *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick”). More at point, pick and pitch.