Pinch

//pɪnt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "pinch" (698 found)

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Closest matches (140)

Verb(39 words)

abstract filch lift nip pilfer purloin swipe gripe nick rape abduct apprehend appropriate bag bandit bash and grab beef begripe bellyache bemoan

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bitch bleat bone boost borrow burglarize burgle bust cabbage capture carp cheat cheesepare chore chunter commandeer complain confiscate convert

apprehension emergency mess nip pilfer smidgen touch abstract ace acute pain afflict agonize ail alternate alternative and annex apprehend approach appropriate

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Noun(21 words)

collar hint jot mite speck tinge touch spot ace apprehension arrest ass in a sling atom aught bind bissel bit bucket of syrup bust calvary

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catch

Strong matches (209)

Verb(38 words)

cop cozen crab crib crimp croak cut it fine dump on embezzle fang fleece flog frine gaffle get gilravage girn give out grasp grotch

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grouch grouse grumble grump gruntle half-inch harp heave heist hook inveigh jack kidnap kipe knock off kvetch kyper lament

counterfeit cramp cramps crib crick crimp crisis critical juncture critical point crook crossroads crucial period crucify crunch crush crux cubby cubbyhole cut dab

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danger dangerous ground darting pain dash defraud deprivation destitution detain detention difficulty dilemma distress doghouse dole dollhouse dot dram dribble driblet drive dummy dwarf economize embarrassing position embarrassment embezzle empty purse endangerment ensphere equivalent ersatz exact excruciate exigency extort extremity fake fall in with famish farthing fester filch fill in fine how-do-you-do fine kettle of fish fleck flyspeck fragment fret fulgurant pain funnel gall gaping chasm gathering clouds girdle pain give pain gnaw gnawing gobbet gouge grab grain granule grasp grate grind grinding poverty grip gripe griping groat grudge hair hand-to-mouth existence handful harrow hazard heist hell to pay help high pressure hinge hitch hobble hole hole in the wall homelessness hook hot water house of cards how-do-you-do hurt imbroglio imitation imperativeness imperilment impoverishment impulse impulsion indigence inflame inflict pain intersect iota irritate jam jeopardy job joker jot jumping pain juncture kill by inches kink knock knock off lacerate lack

Noun(33 words)

cross cross to bear crowbar crumb dab damn dash diddly difficult situation difficulty dilemma dire straits doghouse dot drop dusting emergency exigency fix fleck

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flip flyspeck glimmer glimpse glint grain halfpennyworth hole inch iota jam jimmy kettle of fish

Related words (349)

lancinating pain lift limit little little bit live upon nothing luff luff up make make a pinch make off with makeshift martyr martyrize meet menace mendicancy minim minimum minutiae

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mite mix mock modicum molecule moneylessness morass mote nab nail narrow the gap necessitousness necessity need neediness netting nick nutshell ounce pain palm pang parlous straits paroxysm particle pass pauperism pauperization pebble penury peril phony pick pick up pickle pickup pierce pigeonhole pinch pennies pittance playhouse plight ply poach point poverty predicament press pressure pretty pass pretty pickle pretty predicament prick privation prolong the agony provisional proxy pull pull in purloin push put to torture quagmire quicksand rack rankle rash impulse rasp reserve rip-off risk rob robbery rocks ahead roll up rub run away with run in run together rustle sail fine save scamp scant scrape screw scrimp scrounge scruple secondary seizure shake shake down sharp pain shoot shooting shooting pain shoplift shortage skimp slough smart smidgin smitch snag snake snare snatch snitch soupcon spare spasm speck spoonful spot squeeze squeezing stab stabbing pain starve steal stealing stew sticky wicket sting stint stitch stopgap storm clouds strait straits stress substitute swamp swindle swipe tad take take into custody taper taste temporary tension tentative theft thieve thievery thieving thimbleful thin ice threat thrill throes tight spot tight squeeze tighten tightening tightrope tiny bit tittle token top tormen torment torture touch the wind tricky spot trifling amount trivia turn turning turning point tweak twinge twist twitch unholy mess unite urge urgency utility vicarious vulture wad wad up walk walk off with want whit wound wrench wrest wring zero hour

Verb(65 words)

latrate lay hold of liberate loot make a stink make off with mill misappropriate moan mooch moonlight requisition murmur mutter nag nark nobble nudzh own peculate pickpocket

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Noun(70 words)

lick modicum molecule morceau morsel mote mustard seed nail bar nip ooch ordeal ounce particle pennyworth pickle piece plight predicament quagmire quandary

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Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

35 entries

bite capture chomp clip clipping crisis crop cut back difficultness difficulty dress fold fold up gaining control grip

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Synonyms

8 entries

apprehension crimp emergency mess nip pilfer top touch

derived

61 entries

Bennett pinch Jack at a pinch Queens Pinch Yellow Pinch Z-pinch apinch at a pinch bepinch cock-and-pinch feel the pinch in a pinch nanopinch on a pinch penny-pinch pinch a loaf pinch and a punch for the first of the month

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has context

5 entries

horticulture hunting nautical physics slang

is a

6 entries

difficulty injury pressing squeeze touching volume

manner of

2 entries

grip irritate

related to

30 entries

arrest bud bulb capture close hauled complain compression conducting covetous electrically filament find fault fingertip flesh granule hourglass

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similar

2 entries

dash smidgen

Translations

276 translations across 69 languages.

Afar

1 entries

lífiq noun (small amount of powder)

Arabic

4 entries

قَرْصَة noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
قَرْصَة noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
قرص verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
قَرَصَ verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Aromanian

1 entries

chishcu verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Assamese

2 entries

চিকুট noun (small amount of powder)
চিকুটা verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

atım noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
çimdik noun (small amount of powder)
çimdikləmək verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Bashkir

1 entries

семетеү verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Basque

1 entries

zimiko noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Belarusian

3 entries

шчыпо́к noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
ушчыпну́ць verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
шчыпа́ць verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Bikol Central

2 entries

kudot noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
kudot verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Bulgarian

4 entries

затруднение noun (difficult situation)
ощипване noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
щи́пка noun (small amount of powder)
арестувам verb (to arrest or capture)

Burmese

1 entries

ဆိတ် verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Catalan

4 entries

cuita noun (difficult situation)
destret noun (difficult situation)
dificultat noun (difficult situation)
pessic noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

قونجورکە noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
نوقورچ noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
قونجورک گرتن verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
نوقورچ لێدان verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏇᏄᎩᎠ verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

困境 noun (difficult situation)
捻 noun (small amount of powder)
掐 noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
修剪 verb (horticulture: to cut shoots or buds)

Czech

4 entries

špetka noun (small amount of powder)
štípat verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
štípnout verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
štípnout verb (to steal)

Danish

4 entries

drys noun (small amount of powder)
knib noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
nap noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
niv noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Dutch

3 entries

snufje noun (small amount of powder)
snuifje noun (small amount of powder)
knijpen verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

авалткалаш verb (to steal)

Esperanto

4 entries

pinĉaĵo noun (small amount of powder)
pinĉopreno noun (small amount of powder)
pinĉpreno noun (small amount of powder)
pinĉi verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Finnish

4 entries

hyppynen noun (small amount of powder)
hyppysellinen noun (small amount of powder)
nipistys noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
pinteessä noun (difficult situation)

French

4 entries

pincement noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
pincée noun (small amount of powder)
chiper verb (to steal)
pincer verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Galician

3 entries

beliscar verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
pispar verb (to steal)
roubar verb (to steal)

German

4 entries

Messerspitze noun (small amount of powder)
Prise noun (small amount of powder)
abpressen verb (to steal)
entwenden verb (to steal)

Greek

1 entries

πρέζα noun (small amount of powder)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

pense verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Hebrew

2 entries

קֹמֶץ noun (small amount of powder)
צבט verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Hungarian

4 entries

csipet noun (small amount of powder)
csipetnyi noun (small amount of powder)
becsíp verb (to squeeze between two objects)
befog verb (to squeeze between two objects)

Icelandic

1 entries

klípa verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Ido

3 entries

pinchedo noun (small amount of powder)
pincho noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
pinchar verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Indonesian

2 entries

sejumput noun (small amount of powder)
mencubit verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Ingrian

2 entries

näppi noun (small amount of powder)
näpissellä verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Irish

4 entries

gráinne noun (small amount of powder)
gráinnín noun (small amount of powder)
liomóg noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
scealpóg noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Italian

4 entries

pizzico noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
pizzico noun (small amount of powder)
acciuffare verb (to arrest or capture)
pizzicare verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Japanese

2 entries

ピンチ noun (difficult situation)
抓る verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

thāk verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Korean

1 entries

꼬집다 verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Latin

1 entries

vellico verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Macedonian

2 entries

прстофат noun (small amount of powder)
штипе verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Malay

2 entries

cubit verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
چوبيت verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Maltese

1 entries

qaras verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Māori

4 entries

kikini verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
kini verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
kuku verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
nanapi verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Neapolitan

2 entries

pizzico noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
pezzecà verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Norman

3 entries

pînchie noun (small amount of powder)
pînchi verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
pînchi verb (to arrest or capture)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

qurincîk noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

småstjele verb (to steal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

knabba verb (to steal)
naska verb (to steal)
rappa verb (to steal)
småstela verb (to steal)

Occitan

2 entries

pecigar verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
peçugar verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

چمدك noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
چمدكلمك verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Persian

3 entries

نشکنج noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
نشگون noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
وشکون noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Polish

4 entries

szczypanie noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
szczypnięcie noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
szczypta noun (small amount of powder)
szczypać verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Portuguese

4 entries

alhada noun (difficult situation)
aperto noun (difficult situation)
beliscada noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
beliscão noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Romanian

2 entries

ciupi verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
pișca verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Russian

4 entries

щепо́тка noun (small amount of powder)
щепо́ть noun (small amount of powder)
щипа́ние noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
щипо́к noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

štipanje noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
uštinuti verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
уштинути verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Slovak

3 entries

uštipnúť verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
štipnúť verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
štípať verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Slovene

2 entries

uščipniti verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
ščipati verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Southern Kurdish

2 entries

قوِنجیڕ noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
قوِڕینجِگ noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Spanish

4 entries

aprieto noun (difficult situation)
pellizco noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
pellizcón noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
peñisco noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)

Swedish

4 entries

knipa noun (difficult situation)
nyp noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
nypa noun (small amount of powder)
knipa verb (to arrest or capture)

Tamil

1 entries

கிள்ளு verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Telugu

1 entries

గిల్లు verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Thai

1 entries

หยิก verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Turkish

3 entries

çimdik noun (action of squeezing a small amount of skin)
çalmak verb (to steal)
çimdiklemek verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Tày

1 entries

bít verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Ukrainian

4 entries

щи́пка noun (small amount of powder)
щи́почка noun (small amount of powder)
щипо́к noun (small amount of powder)
ущипну́ти verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Vietnamese

3 entries

béo verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
nhéo verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)
véo verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Welsh

1 entries

pinsiaid noun (small amount of powder)

Yiddish

1 entries

קנײַפּן verb (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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How careless he was to pinch his fingers in the door!

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The new shoes pinch my feet.

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This will come in handy in a pinch.

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A pinch hitter was brought into action in the last inning.

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