Pinching Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Pinching
To uplift; elate:
To steal (usually something small or petty); pilfer
(Intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
To hit with a sweeping motion.
(Boxing) To hit with a hook
To write a summary of; summarize:
To steal; filch
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To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
To enclose in a limited area; confine.
(Bridge) To force (an opponent) to discard a card needed to defeat the contract
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
The definition of oppress is to keep something down using cruel or unjust power.
To check the growth or development of
Impinge is defined as to hit, trespass or have an effect on something.
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(Archaic) To grasp; clutch
To show eager and prompt willingness or acceptance:
To obtain or appropriate unscrupulously or forcibly:
To gash (the flesh of a fish, etc.) so as to make the muscles contract and stay firm in cooking
(Intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
To enter into by contract; establish or settle by formal agreement:
To squeeze or compress.
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(Computers) To encode (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmittal:
(Baseball) To steal or attempt to steal a base
To stop the movement or progress of:
To keep from going on; hold back
To take hold of mentally; perceive; understand
(--- Now Rare) To take by stealing or plundering
To capture physically; seize:
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To squeeze the juice or other contents from:
To adjust; fine-tune:
Snitch is slang and is defined as to steal or tattle.
To commit, or get by, theft
To get (a small amount of sleep).
To steal or filch.
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To impregnate successfully; to get with foal; said of mares.
To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
To make too small, short, etc.; skimp
To economize or save money by paying attention to very small amounts; scrimp.
Twitch is defined as to move or pull with a slight jerk.
To be a top for
To burst or break
To seize (a fugitive or wrongdoer); arrest.
To capture and put into custody; arrest; apprehend
Antonyms for Pinching
To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
To perform for an audience:
To show or give signs of
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
Find another word for pinching. In this page you can discover 53 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pinching, like: lifting, filching, sneaking, swiping, hooking, abstracting, purloining, twinging, straitening, squeezing and snipping.
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