pinch hitter
— Noun
– English
～ (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter
pinch
— Verb
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～ squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
pinch
— Verb
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～ cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
pinch
— Verb
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～ irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
pinch
— Verb
– English
～ make off with belongings of others
pinch
— Verb
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～ make ridges into by pinching together
penny-pinch
— Verb
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～ spend money frugally; spend as little as possible
pinchbeck
— Noun
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～ an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
pinchbeck
— Adjective
– English
～ serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
pinche
— Noun
– English
～ South American tamarin with a tufted head
pinched
— Adjective
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～ sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice"
pinched
— Adjective
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～ not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched
— Adjective
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～ as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
pinched
— Adjective
– English
～ very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
penny pincher
— Noun
– English
～ someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it)
pinchgut
— Noun
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～ a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)
penny-pinching
— Noun
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～ extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
penny-pinching
— Adjective
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～ giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
Pinckneya
— Noun
– English
～ small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America