Meaning of Pinching | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of one who or that which pinches.
2. The act of pinching off new growth.
3. theft

Equivalents

Examples

“Simon ate an orange, removing the peel in fastidious pinchings, such delicacy in a dugout on a river flowing through the bush.”

“Six varieties gave more shoots from the greater number⟳ of pinchings while three had more shoots when pinching was discontinued August 10.”

“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").”

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