Main entry: pinch, catch, collar, apprehension, arrest, taking into custody
Definition: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Usage: the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar
Definition: a squeeze with the fingers
Definition: a small sharp bite or snip
Main entry: pinch, emergency, exigency
Definition: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
Usage: he never knew what to do in an emergency
Main entry: soupcon, speck, tinge, touch, hint, mite, jot, pinch
Definition: a slight but appreciable amount
Usage: this dish could use a touch of garlic
Main entry: pinch
Definition: an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
Main entry: pinch
Definition: a painful or straitened circumstance
Usage: the pinch of the recession
Definition: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
Usage: smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth; the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back
Definition: cut the top off
Usage: top trees and bushes
Main entry: nip, tweet, twinge, twitch, pinch, squeeze
Definition: squeeze tightly between the fingers
Usage: He pinched her behind; She squeezed the bottle
Definition: make ridges into by pinching together
Main entry: abstract, filch, hook, snarf, sneak, nobble, swipe, cabbage, pilfer, pinch, purloin, lift
Definition: make off with belongings of others