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English

1. 🔊 a squeeze with the fingers
2. 🔊 an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
3. 🔊 a painful or straitened circumstance
   “the pinch of the recession”
4. 🔊 a small sharp bite or snip
5. 🔊 a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
   “he never knew what to do in an emergency”
6. 🔊 the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
   “the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar”
7. 🔊 a slight but appreciable amount
   “this dish could use a touch of garlic”
8. 🔊 irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
   “smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth”
9. 🔊 squeeze tightly between the fingers
   “He pinched her behind”
10. 🔊 cut the top off
    “top trees and bushes”
11. 🔊 make ridges into by pinching together
12. 🔊 make off with belongings of others

Spanish

1. 🔊 repizco pinch
2. 🔊 peñizcar to pinch
3. 🔊 pellizcar to pinch, nip
4. 🔊 punta pinch, bit (small amount)
5. 🔊 pizca pinch, dash (e.g., a pinch of salt, a dash of vanilla extract)

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