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pugnit [pug.nit.] : pinch (v.)
Synonyms: pudyot

Derivatives of pugnit


Glosses:
pinch
n. (state)1. pincha painful or straitened circumstance.; "the pinch of the recession"
~ difficultya condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.; "grappling with financial difficulties"
n. (state)2. pinchan injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed.
~ harm, hurt, injury, traumaany physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
n. (quantity)3. hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, toucha slight but appreciable amount.; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantityan indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude.
~ snuffa pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time.
n. (event)4. emergency, exigency, pincha sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action.; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
~ crisisa crucial stage or turning point in the course of something.; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"
n. (act)5. nip, pincha small sharp bite or snip.
~ snip, clipping, clipthe act of clipping or snipping.
~ chomp, bitethe act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.
n. (act)6. pinch, tweaka squeeze with the fingers.
~ squeeze, squeezingthe act of gripping and pressing firmly.; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
n. (act)7. apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custodythe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).; "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
~ capture, gaining control, seizurethe act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.
v. (contact)8. nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitchsqueeze tightly between the fingers.; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
~ griphold fast or firmly.; "He gripped the steering wheel"
~ goosepinch in the buttocks.; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl"
~ tweakpinch or squeeze sharply.
v. (contact)9. crimp, pinchmake ridges into by pinching together.
~ fold, fold up, turn upbend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
~ fluteform flutes in.
v. (possession)10. abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipemake off with belongings of others.
~ stealtake without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
v. (contact)11. pinch, topcut the top off.; "top trees and bushes"
~ prune, lop, snip, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dresscultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.; "dress the plants in the garden"
~ tailremove the stalk of fruits or berries.
v. (change)12. pinch, vellicateirritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
~ irritateexcite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus.; "irritate the glands of a leaf"