Words Like PINCH

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PINCH.

37 Alternative Words Similar to pinch

1 Touch Noun      Synonym Words Like Touch
2 Hint Noun      Synonym Words Like Hint
3 Nip Noun      Synonym Words Like Nip
4 Apprehension Noun      Synonym Words Like Apprehension
5 Arrest Noun      Synonym Words Like Arrest
6 Catch Noun      Synonym Words Like Catch
7 Collar Noun      Synonym Words Like Collar
8 Capture Noun      Synonym Words Like Capture
9 Clip Noun      Synonym Words Like Clip
10 Difficulty Noun      Synonym Words Like Difficulty
11 Harm Noun      Synonym Words Like Harm
12 Hurt Noun      Synonym Words Like Hurt
13 Injury Noun      Synonym Words Like Injury
14 Seizure Noun      Synonym Words Like Seizure
15 Squeeze Noun      Synonym Words Like Squeeze
16 Trauma Noun      Synonym Words Like Trauma
17 Twitch Verb      Synonym Words Like Twitch
18 Cabbage Verb      Synonym Words Like Cabbage
19 Abstract Verb      Synonym Words Like Abstract
20 Hook Verb      Synonym Words Like Hook
21 Nobble Verb      Synonym Words Like Nobble
22 Lift Verb      Synonym Words Like Lift
23 Top Verb      Synonym Words Like Top
24 Crop Verb      Synonym Words Like Crop
25 Dress Verb      Synonym Words Like Dress
26 Fold Verb      Synonym Words Like Fold
27 Grip Verb      Synonym Words Like Grip
28 Pinched Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Pinched
29 Pinching Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Pinching
30 Seize Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Seize
31 Straiten Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Straiten
32 Starve Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Starve
33 Distress Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Distress
34 Pinch Verb-transitive      Variant Words Like Pinch
35 Snuff Noun      Hyponym Words Like Snuff
36 Cutback Verb      Hypernym Words Like Cutback
37 Tail Verb      Hyponym Words Like Tail

5 examples of pinch

1 to be pinched for money
2 the shoe pinches
3 a pinch of snuff
4 the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back
5 She squeezed the bottle

10 definitions of pinch

1 To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
2 to seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
3 To plait.
4 Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress.
5 To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
6 To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift.
7 to catch; to arrest (a criminal).
8 To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze.
9 To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
10 To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
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