All pinch synonyms
pinch
P p noun pinch
- impoverishment β to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- footmark β a footprint.
- detention β Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- abjection β an abject state or condition
- lancination β A tearing or laceration.
- footmarks β Plural form of footmark.
- minim β the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: β, β. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- juncture β a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- leanness β (of persons or animals) without much flesh or fat; not plump or fat; thin: lean cattle.
- desideratum β something lacked and wanted
- bafflement β Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- aridities β being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- impecuniosity β having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- charley horse β People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- whit β a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases): not a whit better.
- winnings β Plural form of winning.
- demandingness β the quality of being demanding
- driblet β a small portion or part.
- internment β an act or instance of interning.
- aridity β being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- larceny β the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- arrestation β the slowing or stopping of the development or progress of something
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- needfulness β The property of being needful or necessary.
- meltdown β network meltdown
- necessaries β being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- difficulty β the fact or condition of being difficult.
- nib β his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical: His nibs wants fresh strawberries in December.
- exigence β Exigency.
verb pinch
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- bust β a raid, search, or arrest by the police
- interning β to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- make with β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- begrudge β If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
- gaffed β an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- wring β to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- feel β to perceive or examine by touch.
- nick β Old Nick.
- impose on β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- nab β to arrest or capture.
- filch β to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
- housebreak β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- ferret β a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- accroach β to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.