"pinching" in the verb sense

1. pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch

squeeze tightly between the fingers

"He pinched her behind"

"She squeezed the bottle"

2. crimp, pinch

make ridges into by pinching together

3. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift

make off with belongings of others

4. top, pinch

cut the top off

"top trees and bushes"

5. pinch, vellicate

irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

"smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"

"the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

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