pinch
Senso (Inglese)
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- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- (slang) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- (slang) To arrest or capture.
- To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- (obsolete) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
- To seize; to grip; to bite.
- To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
sinonimi
too tight
press together
make narrow
little bit
small amount
nip off
strech
jerk away
snip off
taking into custody
hold tightly
pinch bar
be too tight
reduce to difficulties
blockage effect
be tight
cut to
cut away
use without permission
crow-bar
operate on
push against
slice up
snap off
help oneself to
suffer want
one piece
twist off
catch up with
tiny bit
make a dent
commit larceny
half inch
pincher trees
pinch back
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/pɪnt͡ʃ/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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.
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