pinch
- Verb. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- Verb. To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
- Verb. To arrest or capture.
- Verb. (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- Verb. (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- Noun. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- Noun. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- Noun. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- Noun. An organic herbal smoke additive.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.