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1 penny-pinching
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2 pinch
[pin ] 1. verb1) (to squeeze or press tightly (flesh), especially between the thumb and forefinger: He pinched her arm.) uščipniti2) (to hurt by being too small or tight: My new shoes are pinching (me).) tiščati3) (to steal: Who pinched my bicycle?) suniti2. noun1) (an act of pinching; a squeeze or nip: He gave her a pinch on the cheek.) uščip2) (a very small amount; what can be held between the thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt.) ščepec•- pinched- feel the pinch* * *I [pinč]nounuščip, ščipanje, stiskanje, pritisk; ščepec; figuratively stiska, muka, sila; slang odvzem prostosti, aretacija; slang tatvinato give s.o. a pinch — uščipniti kogaslang a pinch of — trohica česaII [pinč]1.transitive verbščipati, uščipniti; stisniti, stiskati; figuratively utesniti, tlačiti, omejiti; figuratively ščipati (mraz), osmoditi (slana), mučiti (žeja, lakota); iztisniti denar od koga; slang ukrasti; slang zapreti, aretirati; British English priganjati konja;2.intransitive verbtiščati (čevelj, dolg itd.); figuratively biti v stiski, mučiti, boleti; skopariti; slang krastito be pinched — biti v stiski, biti na tesnem (for, in, of)to be pinched with cold — biti premražen, pomodreti od mrazato pinch and scrape — komaj izhajati, stiskati, trpeti pomanjkanje, ničesar si ne privoščitito pinch s.o. in (on, for) — držati koga na kratko -
3 nip
[nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) uščipniti2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) odščipniti3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) peči4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) skočiti v5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) posmoditi2. noun1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) uščip; ugriz2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) strupen mraz3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) kozarček•- nippy- nip something in the bud
- nip in the bud* * *I [nip]nounuščip, ugriz, ščipanjetechnical nalom (v žici itd.); figuratively zbadljmka (beseda); strupen mraz; ozeblina, poškodba (rastline od mraza); American nip and tuck — ostra borba (pri tekmovanju)II [nip]1.transitive verbuščipniti, ugrizniti, odščipniti, priščipniti; ščipati (mraz), posmoditi (slana), poškodovati (veter, mraz); figuratively zatreti; slang izmakniti, ukrasti; ujeti, zapreti (tatu);2.intransitive verbščipati, gristi; technical zatikati se (stroj)III [nip]1.nounpožirek žganja, kozarček;2.transitive verb & intransitive verbsrkati (žganje), popiti (požirek, kozarček)
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Pinching — Pinch ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. [1913 Webster] {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pinching — Evelyn Amy Pinching (* 18. März 1915 in Norwich; † 24. Dezember 1988 in Westminster, London) war eine britische Skirennläuferin. Als Mitglied des von Arnold Lunn gegründeten Ladies Ski Club im schweizerischen Mürren feierte Pinching erste Erfolge … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pinching — Pinch Pinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. {Piece}.] 1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pinching — adjective That pinches, or causes such a sensation It was one January morning, very early a pinching, frosty morning the cove all gray with hoar frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and… … Wiktionary
pinching — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, abstraction, algid, annexation, appropriation, arctic, avaricious, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boosting, boreal, brisk, brumal, cheap, cheeseparing, close, closefisted, cold, cold as… … Moby Thesaurus
pinching — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, costive, hard fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny pinching, penurious, petty, stingy, tight, tightfisted.… … English dictionary for students
Pinching bar — Pinching Pinch ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. [1913 Webster] {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pinching nut — Pinching Pinch ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. [1913 Webster] {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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pinching off — pinciravimas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Augalų ūglių patrumpinimas arba nuskabymas. atitikmenys: angl. nipping; pinching off rus. пинцироква; прищипка … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
