2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinch  \Pinch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pinched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pinching}.]  [F.  pincer,  probably  fr  OD  pitsen  to  pinch; 
  akin  to  G.  pfetzen  to  cut,  pinch;  perhaps  of  Celtic  origin. 
  Cf  {Piece}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  o  seize;  to  grip;  to  bite;  --  said  of  animals.  [Obs.] 
 
  He  [the  hound]  pinched  and  pulled  her  down 
  --Chapman. 
 
  3.  To  plait.  [Obs.] 
 
  Full  seemly  her  wimple  ipinched  was  --Chaucer. 
 
  4.  Figuratively:  To  cramp;  to  straiten;  to  oppress;  to 
  starve;  to  distress;  as  to  be  pinched  for  money. 
 
  Want  of  room  .  .  .  pinching  a  whole  nation.  --Sir  W. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  5.  To  move  as  a  railroad  car  by  prying  the  wheels  with  a 
  pinch.  See  {Pinch},  n.,  4. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinching  \Pinch"ing\,  a. 
  Compressing;  nipping;  griping;  niggardly;  as  pinching  cold; 
  a  pinching  parsimony. 
 
  {Pinching  bar},  a  pinch  bar.  See  {Pinch},  n.,  4. 
 
  {Pinching  nut},  a  check  nut.  See  under  {Check},  n. 

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