pinching
pinching adjective: that pinches, or causes such a sensation. Also the present participle and gerund of pinch.
Adjective
pinching (comparative more pinching, superlative most pinching)
- That pinches, or causes such a sensation
- It was one January morning, very early — a pinching, frosty morning — the cove all gray with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
Noun
pinching (plural pinchings)
- The act of one who or that which pinches.
- Simon ate an orange, removing the peel in fastidious pinchings, such delicacy in a dugout on a river flowing through the bush.2012, Paul Theroux, The Lower River
- The act of pinching off new growth.
- Six varieties gave more shoots from the greater number of pinchings while three had more shoots when pinching was discontinued August 10.1926, Bimonthly Bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, page 139
- theft
- As "Kings of the Covers," they re-recorded happening disks by Elvis ("Heartbreak Hotel") […] and, for their most publicly-known pinching, THE JAYHAWKS ("Stranded In The Jungle").1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 20
Also used as
pinching is also the present participle and gerund of pinch.
pinching meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
pinching in Hindi
- चिमटा मारना, पिंचिंग
pinching in Marathi
- चिमटा मारणे, चिमटा घालणे
pinching in Bengali
- পিঞ্চিং, চিমটি মারছে, পিঞ্চিং করা
pinching in Telugu
- పించింగ్
More languagesFewer languages
- pinching in Kannada
- ಪಿಂಚಿಂಗ್
- pinching in Punjabi
- ਪਿੰਚਿੰਗ, ਪਿੰਚਿੰਗ ਕਰਨਾ
- pinching in Gujarati
- પિંચિંગ
- pinching in Odia
- ପିଞ୍ଚିଂ, ପିଞ୍ଚିଙ୍ଗ
- pinching in Nepali
- प्चिङ
Forms of pinching
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more pinching |
| superlative | most pinching |
| Noun | |
| plural | pinchings |
Words formed from pinching
Phrases with pinching
Questions about pinching
- What does pinching mean?
- Pinching means that pinches, or causes such a sensation.
- What is pinching in Hindi?
- Pinching in Hindi is चिमटा मारना, पिंचिंग. See Pinching meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pinching?
- Pinching can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near pinching in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinching (page history and authors); pinching (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinching (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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