英语词汇“pinchpenny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

pinchpenny

释义

pinch /pinch or pinsh/

transitive verb

To compress a small part of between fingers and thumb or between any two surfaces, to nip
To squeeze
To crush
To nip off
To bite (obsolete)
To bring or render by squeezing or nipping
(of eg cold or hunger) to affect painfully or injuriously
To cause to show the effects of such pain or injury
To harass
To hamper
To restrict
To stint, be miserly or frugal with
To find fault with (obsolete)
To steal (informal)
To arrest (informal)
To over-urge (horse-racing)
To move along with a lever

intransitive verb

noun

ORIGIN: OFr pincier; prob Gmc

pinched adjective

pinchˈer noun

pinchˈing noun and adjective

pinchˈingly adverb

pinchˈcock noun

A clamp that stops the flow of liquid by pinching a tube

pinchˈcommons singular noun

A niggard with food

pinch effect noun (nuclear eng)

In a plasma carrying a large current, the constriction arising from the interaction of the current with its own magnetic field

pinchˈfist, pinchˈgut or pinchˈpenny noun

A niggard

pinchˈ-hit intransitive verb (baseball)

To bat in place of another in an emergency (also figurative)

pinchˈ-hitter noun

A batter replacing another in an emergency or for tactical reasons (baseball; also figurative)
A player promoted in the batting order to score quickly (cricket)

pinchˈpoint noun

A constricted, awkward or congested point, eg in the traffic system

at a pinch

In a case of necessity or emergency

feel the pinch (informal)

To be in financial difficulties, to find life, work, etc difficult because of lack of money

know where the shoe pinches

To know by direct experience what the trouble or difficulty is

take with a pinch of salt see under salt¹

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