Transcription
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- [pinch]
- /pɪntʃ/
- /pɪntʃt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pinch]
- /pɪntʃ/
Definitions of pinched word
- verb with object pinched to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like. 1
- verb with object pinched to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. 1
- verb with object pinched to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: The crowd pinched him into a corner. 1
- verb with object pinched to render (the face, body, etc.) unnaturally constricted or drawn, as pain or distress does: Years of hardship had pinched her countenance beyond recognition. 1
- verb with object pinched to affect with sharp discomfort or distress, as cold, hunger, or need does. 1
- verb with object pinched to straiten in means or circumstances: The depression pinched them. 1
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Origin of pinched
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English pinchen < Anglo-French *pinchier (equivalent to Old French pincier, Spanish pinchar) < Vulgar Latin *pīnctiāre, variant of *pūnctiāre to prick (cf. pique1)
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Parts of speech for Pinched
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pinched popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pinched usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pinched
adj pinched
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- careworn — A person who looks careworn looks worried, tired, and unhappy.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
verb pinched
- apperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of apperceive.
- copped — to catch; nab.
- defalcated — Simple past tense and past participle of defalcate.
- extorted — Simple past tense and past participle of extort.
- ferreted — Simple past tense and past participle of ferret.
noun pinched
adjective pinched
- emaciated — Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
- fleshless — Without flesh, lacking flesh.
- fortuneless — Unlucky, unfortunate.
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
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