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View definitions for pinch

pinch

noun as in small amount

verb as in press tightly

verb as in be stingy

verb as in steal

verb as in arrest

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Example Sentences

“And sometimes I have to pinch myself when I’m in these situations. I’m here texting my mates who do proper jobs, telling them, ‘I’m jumping on a plane to New York.

I got to gathering, stuffing a couple of the fresh leaves in my mouth along with a pinch of baking soda.

From Salon

Every morning, he says, he looks into his closet stocked with cardinal and gold apparel and has to pinch himself.

To improve healthcare, pinch points like diagnostics will have to be improved.

From BBC

City Hall's Conservatives said the mayor had so far "suffocated" economic ambition in London and that it took the figures in the plans with a "pinch of salt".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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