PINCHES

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

Example: "The children were scolded for pinching each other."

To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

To squeeze between two objects.

To steal, usually something inconsequential.

Example: "Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"

To arrest or capture.

To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

Example: "To be pinched for money"

To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

To complain or find fault.