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pinching at

pinching at is the present participle and gerund of pinch at.

Meaning of pinch at

Verb

pinch at (third-person singular simple present pinches at, present participle pinching at, simple past and past participle pinched at)

  1. (obsolete) To find fault with; to take exception to.
    • […]and lastly in what case the Putcase, and his fellowes are, that in broade speeches openly, and in printed bookes directly oppugne them; and by calumnious questions pinch at them?1592, Matthew Sutcliffe1, “CERTAINE QVESTIONS PROPOVNDED to the Putcase and his adherents”, in An Answer to a certaine libel supplicatorie, […] and also to certaine calumnious articles […] to the...

Questions about pinching at

What is pinching at the present participle and gerund of?
Pinching at is the present participle and gerund of pinch at.

Words near pinching at in the dictionary

  1. pinchiest
  2. pinchily
  3. pinchin'
  4. pinching
  5. pinching a loaf
  6. pinching at
  7. pinching off
  8. pinching one off
  9. pinching out
  10. pinching pennies
  11. pinchingly

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