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vb. 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. To seize; to grip; to bite; - said of animals. To plait. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n.

 - vb. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, ...