PINCHING definition: 1. present participle of pinch 2. to press something, especially someone's skin, strongly between…. Learn more.

The meaning of PINCH is to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument. How to use pinch in a sentence.

1. The act or an instance of pinching. 2. An amount that can be held between thumb and forefinger: a pinch of salt. 3. Difficulty or hardship: felt the pinch of the recession. 4. An emergency situation: This …

Definition of pinch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze. She pinched his arm as hard as she could. [VERB noun] We both kept …

to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like. to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters: …

There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pinching, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Pinch the bottom and squeeze the piece of paper between the heels. Social service agencies that run the programs say they're feeling the pinch. The 10-year-old boy danced for them, played his …

Dec 5, 2016 · Synonyms for PINCHING: close, careful, tight, selfish, greedy, sparing, miserly, conserving; Antonyms of PINCHING: generous, liberal, bountiful, charitable, unstinting, openhanded, …

to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters. The crowd pinched him into a corner. to render (the face, body, etc.) unnaturally constricted or drawn, as …