Pinching

Synonyms for "pinching" (139 found)

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abstraction algid annexation appropriation arctic avariciousbelow zerobiting bitterbitterly coldbleak boosting boreal brisk brumal cheap cheeseparing close closefisted cold

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cold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marble

Noun(4 words)

aching clamp clinching compression

Strong matches (42)

Noun(9 words)

conserve constraint constricted cramped economize frugal grip hardship impingement

conversion conveyance crisp cutting economyeconomy of assumptioneconomy of meanselegance embezzlement filching fraud freezingfreezing coldfrigid frugality gelid glacial graft hardfisted hibernal

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hiemal hyperboreanice coldice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icy illiberal inclement keenlaw of parsimonyliberation lifting

Related words (69)

mingy miserly narrow near niggardly nipping nippy numbing parsimoniousness parsimony penetratingpenny pinchingpenny-pinching piercing pilferage pilfering pinchfisted pinchpenny poaching raw

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Noun(13 words)

miserly nick nip pilfer press save scrimp shortage squeeze steal stinging stingy tight

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More general

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budgetingeconomic behavioreconomic conditioneconomic descriptormanual manipulationpain descriptorphysical actionsensory descriptorsize descriptortaking theft

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belt tighteningbudget shortfalldull achefinger pinchfrugality miserlinesspenny pinchingpickpocketingpinch gripsharp painshoplifting snugness thriftthumb pinchtightnesswallet theft

Collocations

14 entries

penny pinchingpinch grippinch pointpinching actionpinching budgetpinching financespinching fingerspinching fundspinching grippinching mechanismpinching painpinching penniespinching sensationpinching test

Inflections

4 entries

more pinchingmost pinchingpinched pinches

Derivations

5 entries

pinch pinchable pinched pincher pinchingly

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Stop pinching me.

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Pinching the back of your shoulder should help you to cure hiccups.

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Why are you pinching me so much?

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When she sewed, he thought, she made a sound like a kettle on the hob; bubbling, murmuring, always busy, her strong little pointed fingers pinching and poking; her needle flashing straight.

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