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Another word for pinch

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Verb

  1. To be severely sparing in order to economize

    Idioms:
    See also:

    save

  2. To take (another's property) without permission

    Idioms:
    See also:

    give

    crimes

  3. To take into custody as a prisoner

    See also:

    law

Noun

  1. A seizing and holding by law

    See also:

    law

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Another word for pinch

Noun
Verb

  1. To squeeze

  2. *To steal

    See also:

    steal

  3. *To arrest

    See also:

    arrest

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • The pinch was less today, and the pain gone instantly, replaced by heat and warmth.

  • There was a pinch and numbness as his fangs sank into her neck.

  • I have to pinch myself every morning to make sure I'm not dreaming.

  • He hurriedly took a pinch of snuff.

  • Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., and the battleship " Messudiyeh " (9100 tons displacement) reconstructed by the firm of Ansaldo (Genoa) in 1902, and re-armed by Vickers, Sons & Maxim, formed the only really effective war-ships at the disposal of Turkey in 1910, although a few armoured ships in addition might still serve for coast defence at a pinch, and a few more for training ships.

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