Meaning

• The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

• A close compression of anything with the fingers.

  "I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture."

• A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.

• An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.

• A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.

• An organic herbal smoke additive.

• A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.

• The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

• An arrest.

Meaning

• To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

  "The children were scolded for pinching each other."

• To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

• To squeeze between two objects.

• To steal, usually something inconsequential.

  "Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"

• To arrest or capture.

• To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

• To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.

• To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.

• To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

• To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

• To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

  "to be pinched for money"

• To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.

• To complain or find fault.