pinching

Plural: pinchings

Verb

• squeeze tightly between the fingers
• make ridges into by pinching together
• make off with belongings of others
• cut the top off
• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
• present participle and gerund of pinch

Adj

• That pinches, or causes such a sensation

Noun

• The act of one who or that which pinches.
• The act of pinching off new growth.
• theft

Synonyms

abstract, cabbage, crimp, filch, hook, lift, nip, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, squeeze, swipe, top, tweet, twinge, twitch, vellicate

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