Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pinch
Participle: pinched
Gerund: pinching
Indicative
Present
| I | pinch |
| you | pinch |
| he;she;it | pinches |
| we | pinch |
| you | pinch |
| they | pinch |
Perfect
| I | have pinched |
| you | have pinched |
| he;she;it | has pinched |
| we | have pinched |
| you | have pinched |
| they | have pinched |
Past
| I | pinched |
| you | pinched |
| he;she;it | pinched |
| we | pinched |
| you | pinched |
| they | pinched |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinched |
| you | had pinched |
| he;she;it | had pinched |
| we | had pinched |
| you | had pinched |
| they | had pinched |
Future
| I | will pinch |
| you | will pinch |
| he;she;it | will pinch |
| we | will pinch |
| you | will pinch |
| they | will pinch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pinched |
| you | will have pinched |
| he;she;it | will have pinched |
| we | will have pinched |
| you | will have pinched |
| they | will have pinched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pinch |
| you | pinch |
| he;she;it | pinch |
| we | pinch |
| you | pinch |
| they | pinch |
Perfect
| I | have pinched |
| you | have pinched |
| he;she;it | have pinched |
| we | have pinched |
| you | have pinched |
| they | have pinched |
Imperfect
| I | pinched |
| you | pinched |
| he;she;it | pinched |
| we | pinched |
| you | pinched |
| they | pinched |
Pluperfect
| I | had pinched |
| you | had pinched |
| he;she;it | had pinched |
| we | had pinched |
| you | had pinched |
| they | had pinched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pinch |
| you | would pinch |
| he;she;it | would pinch |
| we | would pinch |
| you | would pinch |
| they | would pinch |
Perfect
| I | would have pinched |
| you | would have pinched |
| he;she;it | would have pinched |
| we | would have pinched |
| you | would have pinched |
| they | would have pinched |
Imperative
| you | pinch |
| we | Let's pinch |
| you | pinch |
Verbs conjugated like 'pinch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pinch'
cinch,
finch,
inch,
pitch,
punch,
sinch,
winch,
bench,
bepinch,
birch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- be stolen
- nick, steal|stolen, walk
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- squeeze
- nip, twinge, tweak, grasp, pull, hurt, grip, twist
- compress
- confine, cramp, crimp, tighten, press
- steal
- filch, rob, take, thieve, lift, pilfer, purloin, snatch
Antonyms
- compress
- increase, extend, spread, stretch
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1230, from O.N.Fr.
*pinchier, var. of O.Fr.
pincier, possibly from V.L.
*punctiare "to pierce" (from L.
punctum "point"), and
*piccare "to pierce." Meaning "to steal" is from 1656. Sense of "to be stingy" is recorded from early 14c. Noun meaning "critical juncture" (as in baseball
pinch hitter, attested from 1912) is from 1489; older than the literal sense of "act of pinching" (1591).
2. From Middle English pinchen, from Old Northern French *pinchier (compare Old French pincier, pincer (“to pinch”)), a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pinciāre (“to puncture, pinch”), from a merger of *punctiāre (“to puncture, sting”), from Latin punctiō (“a puncture, prick”) and *piccāre (“to strike, sting”), from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick”). More at point, pick and pitch. See: Latin '
punctiō', Proto-Germanic '
*pikkōną'.
Verbs referencing "pinch"
Esperanto
pinĉi, Dutch
pingelen, Hunsrik
petze, German, Pennsylvania
petze.
Sample Sentences
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[...] is justly lauded to the skies. But bring him here, upon this crowded deck. Strip from his fair young wife her silken dress and jewels, unbind her braided hair, stamp early wrinkles on her brow, pinch her pale cheek with care and much privation, array her faded form in coarsely patched attire, let there be nothing but his love to set her forth or deck her out, and you shall put it to the proof [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)