Past tense of pinch
regular verb
The past tense of pinch is pinched. The past participle is also pinched.
Forms of pinch
| Base form (V1) | pinch /pɪnt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pinched |
| Past participle (V3) | pinched |
| Present participle | pinching |
| Third person singular | pinches |
Pinched in a sentence
- With the other hand he pinched it at the opposite corner, pressing thumb and forefinger together tightly.2014, Harlan Ellison, Paingod and Other Delusions, →ISBN
- Since the resistance of the channel is inversely proportional to its width, the most resistive region is the one pinched between the gates where they come closest to each other.2012, Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Physics of Nanostructured Solid State Devices, →ISBN, page 446
- Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?From the entry deck
- An oxbow lake is a crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.From the entry valleyed
- Nearly every building was draped, no matter whether its occupants were pinched or prosperous.2015, Kathryn Canavan, Lincoln's Final Hours: Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President, University Press…. From the entry secesh
Meaning of pinch
- verb To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- verb To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- verb To squeeze between two objects.
Questions about the past tense of pinch
- What is the past tense of pinch?
- The past tense of pinch is pinched.
- What is the past participle of pinch?
- The past participle of pinch is pinched.
- Is pinch a regular or irregular verb?
- Pinch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pinch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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