To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. / To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger. / To squeeze between two objects.

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. / A close compression of anything with the fingers.

(idiomatic) In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available.

Archaic form of at a pinch.

(obsolete) To find fault with; to take exception to.

(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, informal, idiomatic) by a small margin or amount / (idiomatic) In an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available.

simple past tense and past participle of pinch

Very thin, as if drawn together / (of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger. / Financially hurt or damaged. / Compressed

present participle of pinch

The act of one who or that which pinches. / (horticulture) The act of pinching off new growth.