Definition of Pich

Definition of Pich

Pinch, v. t. To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. [Slang] Robert Barr.

Pinch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. Piece.] 1. 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. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.]

He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.

Chapman.

3. To plait. [Obs.]

Full seemly her wimple ipinched was.

Chaucer.

4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation.

Sir W. Raleigh.

5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

Pinch, v. i. 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.

2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.]

3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. Gower.

The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare.

Franklin.

To pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pinch, n. 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.

2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.

3. Pian; pang. "Necessary's sharp pinch." Shak.

4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

At a pinch, On a pinch, in an emergency; as, he could on a pinch read a little Latin.

Pinch, v. t. To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. [Slang] Robert Barr.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

PINCH. At a pinch; on an exigency.
PINCH. To go into a tradesman's shop under the pretence
of purchasing rings or other light articles, and while
examining them to shift some up the sleeve of the coat.
Also to ask for change for a guinea, and when the silver
is received, to change some of the good shillings for bad
ones; then suddenly pretending to recollect that you had
sufficient silver to pay the bill, ask for the guinea again,
and return the change, by which means several bad shillings
are passed.

To PINCH ON THE PARSON'S SIDE. To defraud the parson
of his tithe.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

Squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
Steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
To arrest or capture.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
A small amount of powder or granules - as in powder pinched between a fingertip and thumb tip.
Someone in a tight pinch - someone in awkward situation (money, social) that it is hard to get out of.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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