to make a pinch

  • 11pinch — 1 verb 1 (T) to press a part of someone s flesh very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts: Mum, he pinched me! 2 (T) informal to steal something, especially something small or not very valuable: Someone s pinched my… …

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  • 12Pinch harmonic — A pinch harmonic, also known as a squealie or squealer is a guitar technique (typically electric guitar) pioneered by Roy Buchanan in which the player s thumb or index finger slightly catches the string after it is picked, cancelling the… …

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  • 13pinch — pinch1 [ pıntʃ ] noun count 1. ) a small amount of something that you can hold between your finger and thumb, for example salt 2. ) the action of squeezing someone s skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them pinch pinch 2 [ pıntʃ ] …

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  • 14pinch-hit — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: back formation from pinch hitter intransitive verb 1. : to go to bat in the place of another player especially in an emergency when a hit is particularly needed usually used with for sent up to pinch hit for the pitcher …

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  • 15pinch — 01. My aunt [pinched] me on the cheek, and then gave me a big kiss. 02. My son [pinched] his finger in the gate, and had to get a couple of stitches. 03. A [pinch] of salt in a pot of water will make it boil more quickly. 04. The little girl… …

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  • 16make — v 1. fabricate, manufacture, produce, mint; construct, build, assemble, set up; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up; mold, form, fashion, model, shape, frame; create, invent, originate, devise, contrive, compose, write, put together; cast, block …

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  • 17make — Synonyms and related words: Platonic form, Platonic idea, abide by, abscond, accomplish, achieve, acquire, act, add up to, adhere to, administer, aesthetic form, affect, affirm, aftermath, aggressive, agree to, alter, amount to, anatomy, animus,… …

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  • 18pinch — v 1. squeeze, compress, constrict, tighten, contract, twist, wring; grip, grasp, grab, hold; tweak, pull, jerk. 2. bite, nip, vellicate; prick, stab, pierce; gall, chafe, rasp; sting, smart, pain, hurt, ache, discomfort, distress. 3. cramp,… …

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  • 19make off — verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑run off, ↑go off …

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  • 20make off with — TAKE, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away/off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away/off with, swipe, filch, snaffle, nab, lift, ‘liberate’, ‘borrow’, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half inch, nick, whip, knock off; …

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