Definition of pinch

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• pinch is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• pinch is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• pinch is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of pinch

• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear (verb)

  Examples

  1. the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back

  Synonyms

  1. vellicate
• make off with belongings of others (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. abstract
  2. cabbage
  3. filch
  4. hook
  5. lift
  6. nobble
  7. pilfer
  8. purloin
  9. snarf
  10. sneak
  11. swipe
• cut the top off (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. top
• a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. emergency
  2. exigency
• a slight but appreciable amount (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. hint
  2. jot
  3. mite
  4. soupcon
  5. speck
  6. tinge
  7. touch
• make ridges into by pinching together (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. crimp
• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. apprehension
  2. arrest
  3. catch
  4. collar
  5. taking into custody
• a small sharp bite or snip (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. nip
• a squeeze with the fingers (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. tweak
• squeeze tightly between the fingers (verb)

  Examples

  1. He pinched her behind

  Synonyms

  1. nip
  2. squeeze
  3. tweet
  4. twinge
  5. twitch
• an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed (noun)
• a painful or straitened circumstance (noun)

  Examples

  1. the pinch of the recession

See definition of pinch in Merriam Webster