Question 1 · Quick check
pinch
CEFRC1
/pɪnt͡ʃ/
verb · noun
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To press or squeeze someone or something between your fingers.
- 02
noun
A small amount of something, especially powder or spice.
Examples
How careless he was to pinch his fingers in the door!
The new shoes pinch my feet.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
To squeeze between two objects.
More examples
In contextThe children were scolded for pinching each other.
Someone has pinched my handkerchief!
This shoe pinches my foot.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”), from a merger of *punctiāre (“to puncture, sting”), from Latin punctiō (“a puncture, prick”) and *piccāre (“to strike, sting”), from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick”). More at point, pick and pitch.