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Definition pinch in American English

pinch noun

[countable] noun
/pɪntʃ/
1

a small amount of something that you can hold between your finger and thumb, for example salt

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2

the action of squeezing someone's skin between your thumb and finger so that it hurts them

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Definition pinch in American English