All pinch synonyms
pinch
P p noun pinch
- grasping β greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- neediness β a condition of want or need; poverty; indigence.
- nip β to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- critical period β a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
- h-hour β the time, usually unspecified, set for the beginning of a planned attack.
- hangup β Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- glom β to steal.
- hot potato β Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.
- exigency β An urgent need or demand.
- distress β great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- bite β If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
- abstract β An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- little β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- immurement β to enclose within walls.
- necessity β something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- modicum β a moderate or small amount: He hasn't even a modicum of common sense.
- criticalness β inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- exiguity β The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- gainings β profits or earnings
- disconcertion β to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- indispensability β absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- nipping β sharp or biting, as cold.
- emergency β A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
- crumb β Crumbs are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits, or cake when you cut it or eat it.
verb pinch
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- gripe β Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
- extort β Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
- wedged β having the shape of a wedge.
- exact β Not approximated in any way; precise.
- copped β to catch; nab.
- lay hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- cut corners β to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- flawed β characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
- in-tern 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.
- housebreaking β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- moonlighting β the light of the moon.
- whacking β large.
- heisting β a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- astringe β to contract or become contracted
- wrench β to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
- lay hold of β to seize or grasp
- defalcate β to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- make ends meet β the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- astringed β to compress; bind together; constrict.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- ferreting β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- glomming β to steal.
- constrict β If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.