pinch, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

pinch vb

1 compress, grasp, nip, press, squeeze, tweak

2 chafe, confine, cramp, crush, hurt, pain

3 afflict, be stingy, distress, economize, oppress, pinch pennies, press, scrimp, skimp, spare, stint, tighten one's belt

4 (informal) blag (slang) cabbage (Brit. slang) filch, knock off (slang) lift (informal) nick (slang, chiefly Brit.) pilfer, purloin, rob, snaffle (Brit. informal) snatch, snitch (slang) steal, swipe (slang)

5 (informal) apprehend, arrest, bust (informal) collar (informal) do (slang) feel one's collar (slang) lift (slang) nab (informal) nail (informal) nick (slang, chiefly Brit.) pick up (slang) pull in (Brit. slang) run in (slang) take into custody n

6 nip, squeeze, tweak

7 bit, dash, jot, mite, small quantity, soupçon, speck, taste

8 crisis, difficulty, emergency, exigency, hardship, necessity, oppression, pass, plight, predicament, pressure, strait, stress

3 be extravagant, blow (slang) fritter away, spend like water, squander, waste

5 free, let go, let out, release, set free