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Definition of Pinched

1. Adjective. Sounding as if the nose were pinched. "A whining nasal voice"

2. Adjective. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. "Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

3. Adjective. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.

4. Adjective. As if squeezed uncomfortably tight. "Her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"

Definition of Pinched

1. Verb. (past of pinch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pinched

1. pinch [v] - See also: pinch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinched

pinch pennies pinch point pinch reflex diode pinch runner pinchable pinchbeck pinchbecks pinchbug pinchbugs pinchcock

pinchcocks pinche pincheck pinchecks pinched (current term) pinched look pinchem pincher pinchers pinches

pinches of salt pinchfist pinchfists pinchgut pinchguts pinchily pinching pinching pennies pinchingly

Literary usage of Pinched

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"that of the pinched trait and vertical wrinkles with the bitter ... The pinched trait becomes physiognomical most easily and frequently with persons Whose ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language to which is Appended an English by Lorrin Andrews (1865)
"To be pinched up ; to be confined on all sides. 2. ... Confined in a narrow Ml-o-MI-o, ) space ; pinched up, as the Mi-oi, adj. Bold ; forward. See MAOI. ..."

3. The Road by Jack London (1907)
""pinched" xI RODE into Niagara Falls in a "side-door Pullman," or, in common parlance, a box-car. A flat-car, by the way, is known amongst the fraternity as ..."

4. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"CHAPTER L. Wherein is declared who 'were the enchanters and executioners who whipped the duenna, and pinched and scratched Don Quixote; with what befel the ..."

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