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Pinch

/pˈɪntʃ/
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(verb) To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

How careless he was to pinch his fingers in the door!
The new shoes pinch my feet.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She added a ____ of salt to the boiling water before dropping in the pasta.

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