Definitions of pinch:
- noun: a squeeze with the fingers
- noun: an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
- noun: a painful or straitened circumstance
Example: "The pinch of the recession"
- noun: small sharp biting
- noun: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
- noun: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- noun: a slight but appreciable addition
- verb: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
Example: "The pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
- verb: squeeze tightly between the fingers
Example: "He pinched her behind"
- verb: cut the top off
- verb: make ridges into by pinching together
- verb: make off with belongings of others
- name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #33064)