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(noun) a squeeze with the fingers |
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Synonyms: tweak |
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Related Words: squeeze |
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| 2. |
(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" |
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Synonyms: nip, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch, vellicate |
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Related Words: grip |
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(noun) an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed |
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Related Words: harm, hurt, injury, trauma |
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(noun) a painful or straitened circumstance: "the pinch of the recession" |
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Related Words: difficulty |
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(noun) small sharp biting |
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Synonyms: nip |
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Related Words: bite, chomp |
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(verb) cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" |
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Synonyms: top |
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Related Words: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, tail, trim |
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(verb) make ridges into by pinching together |
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Synonyms: crimp |
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Related Words: flute, fold, fold up, turn up |
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(noun) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency" |
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Synonyms: emergency, exigency |
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Related Words: crisis |
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(verb) make off with belongings of others |
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Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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Related Words: steal |
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(noun) a small but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" |
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Synonyms: hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, touch |
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Related Words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
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(noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
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Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, taking into custody |
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Related Words: capture, gaining control, seizure |
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