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pinching
(encz) | pinching,štípající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pinching
(encz) | pinching,štípání n: Zdeněk Brož |
pinching
(encz) | pinching,štípavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pinching
(gcide) | Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch;
akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin.
Cf. Piece.]
1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an
instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two
hard bodies.
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2. to seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]
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He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
--Chapman.
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3. To plait. [Obs.]
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Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer.
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4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a
pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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6. To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift. [Slang]
--Robert Barr.
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7. to catch; to arrest (a criminal).
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Pinching
(gcide) | Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold;
a pinching parsimony.
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Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4.
Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n.
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penny-pinching
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penny-pinching
(gcide) | penny-pinching \penny-pinching\ n.
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily.
Syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift.
[WordNet 1.5]penny-pinching \penny-pinching\ adj.
Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as
cheesparing.
Syn: cheeseparing, close.
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Pinching
(gcide) | Pinch \Pinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch;
akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin.
Cf. Piece.]
1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an
instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two
hard bodies.
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2. to seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]
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He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
--Chapman.
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3. To plait. [Obs.]
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Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. --Chaucer.
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4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a
pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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6. To seize by way of theft; to steal; to lift. [Slang]
--Robert Barr.
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7. to catch; to arrest (a criminal).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold;
a pinching parsimony.
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Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4.
Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n.
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Pinching bar
(gcide) | Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold;
a pinching parsimony.
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Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4.
Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n.
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Pinching nut
(gcide) | Pinching \Pinch"ing\, a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold;
a pinching parsimony.
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Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4.
Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n.
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Pinchingly
(gcide) | Pinchingly \Pinch"ing*ly\, adv.
In a pinching way.
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penny-pinching
(wn) | penny-pinching
adj 1: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
administration"; "very close (or near) with his money";
"a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing,
close, near, penny-pinching, skinny]
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness,
thrift, penny-pinching] |
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