Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "pinch" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

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 pinch at pinch bar pinch cake pinch effect pinch force pinch grafting pinch hit pinch hitter pinch of salt pinch of the game pinch off pinch one off pinch out pinch pennies pinch point pinch pot pinch roller pinch runner pinch-belly pinch-belly vengeance pinch-commons pinch-eyed pinch-gut pinch-hit pinch-hitter pinch-me-round pinch-nose glasses pinchability pinchable pinchbar pinchcock pincher pinchfist pinchfisted pinchlike pinchpenny pinchy squinch take with a pinch of salt theta pinch topinch unpinch velar pinch zeta pinch θ-pinch

Context

horticulture hunting nautical physics slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bite capture chomp clip clip clipping crisis crop cut back difficultness difficulty dress fold fold up gaining control grip harm hurt injury irritate lop prune rip rip off seizure small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity snip snip squeeze squeezing steal trauma trim turn up

Type Of (IsA)

difficulty injury pressing squeeze touching volume

Manner Of

grip irritate

Related Terms

arrest bud bulb capture close hauled complain compression conducting covetous electrically filament find fault fingertip flesh granule hourglass inconsequential magnetic narrow niggardly person powder sail shoot situation skin squeeze squeezing steal trivial

Similar Terms

dash smidgen

Synonym Network

apprehension crimp emergency mess nip pilfer top touch

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.