punto de pellizco

Phonetic: "/pɪntʃ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Definition: A close compression of anything with the fingers.

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

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

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

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

Definition: An organic herbal smoke additive.

Definition: A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.

Definition: The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.

Definition: An arrest.

Phonetic: "/pɪntʃ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

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

Example: The children were scolded for pinching each other.

Definition: To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.

Definition: To squeeze between two objects.

Definition: To steal, usually something inconsequential.

Example: Someone has pinched my handkerchief!

Definition: To arrest or capture.

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

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

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

Definition: To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.

Definition: To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.

Definition: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

Example: to be pinched for money

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

Definition: To complain or find fault.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A discrete division of something.

Definition: A sharp extremity.

Definition: One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

Definition: A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

Definition: A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

Definition: Lace worked by the needle.

Example: point de Venise; Brussels point

Definition: An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

Definition: The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

Example: The dog came to a point.

Definition: The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.

Definition: The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.

Definition: The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.

Definition: A vaccine point.

Definition: In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.