to pinch oneself
21cover — v 1. protect, shield, shelter, place under cover; conceal, hide, house, secrete, ensconce, cache, bury. 2. overlay, overspread, blanket, mantle, canopy, carpet, pave, film, coat, layer; overgrow, overrun, envelop; overlie, overlap, extend over or …
22turn — v 1. rotate, spin, revolve, Archaic. trundle; swivel, pivot, wheel, caracole; roll, rev, twirl, twiddle, crank; reel, circumvolve, circumrotate, gyre; gyrate, circle, whirl, circumduct; swirl, eddy, circulate, move in circles, go round; (of the… …
23Magic in Harry Potter — In the Harry Potter series created by J. K. Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual laws of nature. Many fictional magical creatures exist in the series, while ordinary creatures sometimes exhibit new… …
24Christian anarchism — Part of the Politics series on Anarchism …
25British slang — circuBritish slang is English language slang used in the UK. Slang is informal language sometimes peculiar to a particular social class or group and its use in Britain dates back to before the 16th century. The language of slang, in common with… …
26predicament — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. condition, quandary, fix, spot (inf.), corner, dilemma, mess, scrape, crisis, emergency. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quandary, plight, dilemma, strait, puzzle, perplexity,… …
27squeeze — 1. verb 1) I squeezed the bottle Syn: compress, press, crush, squash, pinch, nip, grasp, grip, clutch, flatten 2) squeeze the juice from both oranges Syn: extract, press …
28nip — I v 1. pinch, bite, bite in, tweak, vellicate, chomp, incise. 2. snip, cut, cut off, lop, sunder; crop, truncate, dock, take off, snap, crack off, shave off, shear, clip. 3. retard, check, shorten, cut short, abbreviate; blight, supress, stunt,… …
29snatch — v 1.Usu. snatch at grab at or for, make a grab at, grasp at or for, grope for, clutch at, catch at, claw at, reach for, pursue; grapple for, scramble for, wrestle for, fight over; handle, feel, pick at, play with. 2. grab, pluck, pull, whisk,… …
30steal — verb 1) burglars stole the TV Syn: take, thieve, help oneself to, pilfer, embezzle; informal swipe, lift, filch; Brit.; informal nick, pinch, knock off; N.Amer.; informal heist 2) h …
