Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. 2. (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. 3. (v. t.) To plait. 4. (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. 5. (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. 6. (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. 7. (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. 8. (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. 9. (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. 10. (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. 11. (n.) Pain; pang. 12. (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

Multi-Version Concordance Pinch (3 Occurrences) Luke 15:14 At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want. (WEY) Leviticus 1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar; (See JPS DBY) Leviticus 5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder: (See JPS DBY)