pinched

Meaning of pinched

verb

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
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.
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.
to be pinched for money
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
To complain or find fault.

adjective

Very thin, as if drawn together
(of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
Financially hurt or damaged.
Compressed

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Hyphenation of pinched

pinched

It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
pinched is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

pinched synonyms

Meaning adenoidal:

adenoidal, nasal

Meaning bony:

bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted

Meaning hard up:

impecunious, penniless, penurious

Words that rhyme with pinched

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