pinched

  • 11pinched — mod. arrested. (See also cop; pinch.) □ I got pinched for speeding. □ Sam got pinched for a parole violation …

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  • 12pinched — adj. Pinched is used with these nouns: ↑face, ↑nerve …

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  • 13pinched — Synonyms and related words: attenuated, badly off, cadaverous, careworn, clamped, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted, corpselike, cramped, desperate, distressed, down to bedrock, drawn, emacerated, emaciate …

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  • 14pinched — adjective their pinched faces Syn: strained, stressed, fraught, tense, taut; tired, worn, drained, sapped; wan, peaked, pale, gray, blanched; thin, drawn, haggard, gaunt Ant …

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  • 15pinched for — chiefly US informal : not having enough of (something) Students are especially pinched for time at the end of the school year. Pinched for cash/money, he skipped lunch. • • • Main Entry: ↑pinched …

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  • 16pinched look — noun looking tired and pale She had on that pinched look which suggests extreme poverty …

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  • 17pinched plasma — glaustoji plazma statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. pinched plasma vok. abgeschnürtes Plasma, n rus. сжатая плазма, f pranc. plasma pincé, m; plasma resserré, m …

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  • 18pinched — pɪntʃ n. act of squeezing between a finger and thumb, tweak; ache, pain; little bit, small amount v. squeeze between a finger and thumb; compress; economize; steal, filch …

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  • 19pinched — adjective tighten (the lips or a part of the face), especially with worry or tension. → pinch …

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  • 20pinched — a. Distressed, straitened, reduced, indigent, destitute, needy, poor, necessitous, penniless, moneyless, in need, in want, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket …

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