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pinch

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɪnt͡ʃ/

Noun

slang

Japanese Meaning

皮膚や肉を指でつまむ行為（軽く絞めることで痛みを伴う場合がある） / 指で物をしっかりまたは軽く締め付ける行為

What is this buttons?

She gave him a pinch on the arm to get his attention.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は彼の腕を軽くつねって彼の注意を引いた。

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Sense（1）

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

Sense（2）

A close compression of anything with the fingers.

I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.

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Sense（3）

A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

Sense（4）

An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.

And wel his merits ſhew him to be made

His Fortunes maiſter, and the king of men.

That could perſwade at ſuch a ſodaine pinch,

With reaſons of his valour and his life,

A thouſand ſworne and ouer-matching foes:

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Sense（5）

A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.

Sense（6）

An organic herbal smoke additive.

Sense（7）

(physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.

Sense（8）

The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

It looked like an hourglass, but all those little glittering shapes tumbling through the pinch were seconds.

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Sense（9）

(slang) An arrest.

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