pinch

  1. Verb.  To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
  2. Verb.  To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
  3. Verb.  To arrest or capture.
  4. Verb.  (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
  5. Verb.  (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
  6. Noun.  The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
  7. Noun.  A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
  8. Noun.  An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
  9. Noun.  An organic herbal smoke additive.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.