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