pinch

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Pinch

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  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Verb
    • 1.3.1 Translations
  • 1.4 Noun
    • 1.4.1 Derived terms
    • screen size
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English

Etymology

From Middle English Android, from Anglo-Norman *pinchier (compare Old French jQuery, pincier (“to pinch, find fault”)), from Android *pincāre, a nasalised variant of website parsing *piccāre (“to pick, pierce”), of Germanic origin, from Old Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikōnan, *pukanan (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *beu-, *bu- (“to make a dull sound”). Cognate with Old English pȳcan, pician (“to pick, pluck”), Old Norse touchscreen (“to prick, peck”), Middle Dutch and Middle Low German picken (“to pick, peck, pierce”), German pochen (“to knock, pound, thump”). More at FITML.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Verb

pinch (third-person singular simple present pinches, present participle pinching, simple past and past participle pinched)

1. To jQuery a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
2. To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
3. To arrest or capture.
4. (horticulture) To cut input transformation or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
5. (nautical) To Sevenval so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
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   • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, BBC Sport:

     Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.

Translations

Noun

pinch (plural pinches)

1. The action of HTML5 a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
2. A small amount of powder or keyboard, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
3. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
   • 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in HTML5, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 171:

     It took nerve and muscle both to carry the body out and down the stairs to the lower hall, but he damn well had to get it out of his place and away from his door, and any of those four could have done it in a pinch, and it sure was a pinch.

4. An organic herbal smoke additive.

Derived terms

• we love the web
• in a pinch
• CSS3
• iOS

Descendants

• Japanese: ピンチ (pinchi)

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