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English
Adjective
pinching (comparative more pinching, superlative most pinching)
- That pinches, or causes such a sensation
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC: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.
Verb
pinching
- present participle and gerund of pinch
Noun
pinching (plural pinchings)
- The act of one who or that which pinches.
2012, Paul Theroux, The Lower River:Simon ate an orange, removing the peel in fastidious pinchings, such delicacy in a dugout on a river flowing through the bush.
- (horticulture) The act of pinching off new growth.
1926, Bimonthly Bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, page 139:Six varieties gave more shoots from the greater number of pinchings while three had more shoots when pinching was discontinued August 10.
- theft
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 20: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").
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