pinch

Noun
  • A painful or straitened circumstance (synset 114432775)
    hypernym: difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
  • An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed (synset 114318642)
    hypernym: harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
  • A slight but appreciable amount (synset 113796315)
    hypernym: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
    hyponym: snuff - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
    synonym: hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch
  • A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action (synset 107432005)
    hypernym: crisis - a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
    synonym: emergency, exigency
  • A small sharp bite or snip (synset 100843942)
    hypernym:
    • clip, clipping, snip - the act of clipping or snipping
    • bite, chomp - the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
    synonym: nip
  • A squeeze with the fingers (synset 100358101)
    hypernym: squeeze, squeezing - the act of gripping and pressing firmly
    synonym: tweak
  • The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) (synset 100089545)
    hypernym: capture, gaining control, seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
    synonym: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody
Verb
  • Squeeze tightly between the fingers (synset 201459400)
    hypernym: grip - hold fast or firmly
    hyponym:
    • goose - pinch in the buttocks
    • tweak - pinch or squeeze sharply
    synonym: nip, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch
  • Make ridges into by pinching together (synset 201459835)
    hypernym: fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other
    hyponym: flute - form flutes in
    synonym: crimp
  • Make off with belongings of others (synset 202281711)
    hypernym: rip, rip off, steal - take without the owner's consent
    synonym: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
  • Cut the top off (synset 201324169)
    hypernym: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    hyponym: tail - remove the stalk of fruits or berries
    synonym: top
  • Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear (synset 200505100)
    hypernym: irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
    synonym: vellicate

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