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pinch

/ˈpɪntʃ/PINCH
/ˈpɪntʃ/PINCH

Meaningsqueeze

Common meaning: grip tightly between finger and thumb

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchpinchier‘squeeze’source
  2. Frenchpinchier‘to pinch, nip, twitch’source
  3. Middle Englishpinchen‘squeeze’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftssqueeze → grip tightly between finger and thumbpinch‘grip tightly between finger and thumb’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French pinchier ‘squeeze’.

Roots

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