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1. Sounding as if the nose were pinched
   "a whining pinched voice";
   - adenoidal, nasal
    
2. Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold
   "small pinched faces";
   - bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
    
3. Not having enough money to pay for necessities
   "The pinched gentlemen asked for a loan";
   - hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, badly-off
    
4. As if squeezed uncomfortably tight
   "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"

1. Press tightly between the fingers
   "He pinched her behind";
   - squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
    
2. Make ridges into by pinching together
   - crimp
    
3. [Brit] Make off with belongings of others
   - pilfer, cabbage, purloin, abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch [informal], nobble [Brit], lift, snatch, whip [Brit], nick [Brit, informal]
    
4. Cut the top off
   - top
    
5. Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
   "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back";
   - vellicate
    
6. [Brit] Take into custody
   "the police pinched the suspected criminals";
   - collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop, nick [Brit]

See also: constricted, high, high-pitched, lean, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], poor, thin

Type of: clip, clutch, crop, cut back, dress, fold, fold up, grip, irritate, lop, prehend [archaic], prune, seize, snip, steal, trim, turn up

Encyclopedia: Pinched