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pinchnoun an instance of theftthe pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me! the act of taking into one's control by authority of lawan innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers apprehension, arrest, arrestment, bust(slang), collar raidhouse arrestcapture, entrapment, seizurecaptivity, confinement, detention, enchainment, hold, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraintrearrestremand discharge emancipation, liberation, release a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or numberthis labor pinch means that there'll be long lines at the checkouts crunch, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drought(also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want absence, omissionmeagerness, poorness, skimpinessnecessity, need, privation abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenty, sufficiency, wealth bountifulness, copiousnessexcess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or pointsthe zipper on those jeans always pinches me nip crimp, tweakclasp, clutch, grasp, grip, hold, take drop, free, loose, loosen, release, spring to take (something) without right and with an intent to keeppinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer appropriate, boost(slang), filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick(British slang), nip, pilfer, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve burglarize, knock over, robloot, pillage, plunder, sackcarjack, hijack(also highjack)pick, riflepoach, rustle, shopliftcollar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, takemooch, spongeabduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with buy, purchasebestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present to take or keep under one's control by authority of lawpinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady apprehend, arrest, bust(slang), collar, nab, nail, nick(British slang), pick up, pull in, restrain, run in, seize bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trapcommit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammelrearrestremand discharge emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, springunbind, unchain to avoid unnecessary waste or expenseif we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort economize, save, scrimp, skimp, spare conserve, husband, maintain, manage, preservescrapecut back, cut down, retrenchhoard, lay up pinch pennies waste blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw awaysplurge n.juncture, exigency, emergency, contingency, pinch, strait (or straits) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs.juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events.an important juncture in our country's history exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation.provide for exigencies emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster.the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence.contingency plans pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency.come through in a pinch strait, now commonly straits, applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult.in dire straits crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference.a crisis of confidence in the 14th century |