LekhoriLekhoriTo 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.
He took the plate in his hand, holding it between thumb and forefinger at one corner, letting it hang down. With the other hand he pinched it at the opposite corner, pressing thumb and forefinger together tightly.
To squeeze between two objects.
Since the resistance of the channel is inversely proportional to its width, the most resistive region is the one pinched between the gates where they come closest to each other.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
A close compression of anything with the fingers.
I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture.
From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch...
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