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pinch (verb)

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  • pinch — ► VERB 1) grip (the flesh) tightly between finger and thumb. 2) (of a shoe) hurt (a foot) by being too tight. 3) tighten (the lips or a part of the face). 4) informal, chiefly Brit. steal. 5) informal arrest. 6) live in a frugal way …   English terms dictionary

  • pinch — /pɪntʃ / (say pinch) verb (t) 1. to compress between the finger and thumb, the jaws of an instrument, or any two opposed surfaces. 2. to compress, constrict, or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. 3. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters …  

  • pinch-hit — pinch hits, pinch hitting, pinch hit also pinch hit 1) VERB If you pinch hit for someone, you do something for them because they are unexpectedly unable to do it. [AM] [V for n] The staff here can pinch hit for each other when the hotel is busy.… …   English dictionary

  • pinch-hit — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: back formation from pinch hitter intransitive verb 1. : to go to bat in the place of another player especially in an emergency when a hit is particularly needed usually used with for sent up to pinch hit for the pitcher …   Useful english dictionary

  • pinch´er — pinch «pihnch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to squeeze between the thumb and forefinger, with the teeth or claws, or with any instrument having two jaws or parts between which something may be grasped: »Father pinched the baby s cheek playfully.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pinch — verb 1》 grip (the flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.     ↘(of a shoe) hurt (a foot) by being too tight.     ↘[often as adjective pinched] tighten (the lips or a part of the face), especially with worry or tension. 2》 live in a… …   English new terms dictionary

  • pinch run — ˈpinch run 7 [pinch run] verb intransitive (in ↑baseball) to take the place of a player who is on a ↑base • …   Useful english dictionary

  • pinch-hit — verb a) To bat in place of another player Jones pinch hit for Smith in the sixth. b) To do something in the place of another person who is not able to perform or is less skilled; to substitute or stand in for somebody. Jones pinch hit for Smith… …   Wiktionary

  • pinch-hit — pinch ,hit verb intransitive AMERICAN 1. ) INFORMAL to do something because someone else is unable to do it 2. ) in baseball, to BAT for another player, especially when you are more likely to make a hit ╾ pinch ,hitter noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pinch-hit — verb (intransitive + for) AmE 1 to do something for someone else because they are unexpectedly not able to do it 2 to hit 1 (4a) for someone else in baseball (1) pinch hitter noun (C): Mark is sick we re sending Jim as a pinch hitter …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • pinch one off — verb to defecate You got a whole school here Clyde! Mkay?, you got over 300 people that need to use the boys room!, and you decide youre gonna be a comedian Mkay?, and pinch one off in the urinal! and leave it laying there for everyone to look… …   Wiktionary

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