Sekirov Dictionary

pinching

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun3

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The act of one who or that which pinches.
- Simon ate an orange, removing the peel in fastidious pinchings, such delicacy in a dugout on a river flowing through the bush. — 2012
•
The act of pinching off new growth.
- Six varieties gave more shoots from the greater number of pinchings while three had more shoots when pinching was discontinued August 10. — 1926
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theft
- 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"). — 1990

adjective1

That pinches, or causes such a sensation

forms

pinchings · more pinching · most pinching

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