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121pinch — 1. to steal Literally, to nip between the fingers: He had spent most of his life in clink for pinching anything from a roll of linoleum to a hurricane lamp. (Bogarde, 1972) 2. to arrest From the grasping of the subject: He got …
122pinch-hit — verb (intransitive + for) AmE 1 to do something for someone else because they are unexpectedly not able to do it 2 to hit 1 (4a) for someone else in baseball (1) pinch hitter noun (C): Mark is sick we re sending Jim as a pinch hitter …
123pinch — [[t]pɪntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the jaws of an instrument, or the like 2) to constrict or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does 3) to render unnaturally constricted or drawn: a face pinched with… …
124pinch zoom — /ˈpɪntʃ zum/ (say pinch zoohm) noun a facility provided for the user of a touchscreen digital device whereby they can use a finger gesture which resembles pinching the screen with two fingers to zoom into a document, image, etc. Also, pinch to… …
125pinch-pleat — /ˈpɪntʃ plit/ (say pinch pleet) noun a narrow pleat, as at the top of curtains. –pinch pleated, adjective …
126pinch — Iniki, ūmi i, ini iniki, niki, umiki, pāniki; pikipiki (as in milking); ♦ pinch off, ōniki, ō ū; ♦ pinch between fingers, ūpiki, ōpiki …
127Pinch-Effekt — glaudos reiškinys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. pinch effect vok. Einschnüreffekt, m; Pinch Effekt, m rus. пинч эффект, m pranc. effet de pincement, m; effet de striction, m …
128pinch effect — glaudos reiškinys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. pinch effect vok. Einschnüreffekt, m; Pinch Effekt, m rus. пинч эффект, m pranc. effet de pincement, m; effet de striction, m …