pinched

Meaning

simple past and past participle of pinch

in straitened circumstances

stopped-up

stopped up

Frequency

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pinch

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. Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
5. (slang) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
6. (slang) 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. (obsolete) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
11. To seize; to grip; to bite.
12. 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.

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