pinch (n.)
- abstract
- ace
- ail
- alternate
- alternative
- and
- annex
- apprehension
- approach
- arrest
- atom
- backup
- bag
- beat
- beggary
- bind
- bit
- bite
- boost
- burglary
- burn
- bust
- caper
- capture
- cardhouse
- catch
- center
- chafe
- clamp
- climacteric
- close
- clutch
- collar
- complication
- compress
- compression
- compulsion
- concentrate
- constraint
- contingency
- cop
- counterfeit
- cramp
- crib
- crick
- crisis
- crossroads
- crunch
- crush
- crux
- cubby
- cubbyhole
- cut
- dab
- danger
- deprivation
- destitution
- difficulty
- dilemma
- distress
- doghouse
- dole
- dot
- dram
- dribble
- driblet
- drive
- dummy
- dwarf
- embarrassment
- emergency
- endangerment
- equivalent
- ersatz
- exigency
- extremity
- fake
- farthing
- fester
- fleck
- flyspeck
- fragment
- fret
- funnel
- gall
- gobbet
- gouge
- grab
- grain
- granule
- grasp
- grate
- grind
- grip
- gripe
- griping
- groat
- grudge
- hair
- handful
- harrow
- hazard
- heist
- hinge
- hitch
- hobble
- hole
- homelessness
- hook
- how-do-you-do
- hurt
- imbroglio
- imitation
- imperativeness
- impoverishment
- impulse
- impulsion
- indigence
- iota
- jam
- jeopardy
- job
- joker
- jot
- kink
- lack
- lift
- little
- luff
- makeshift
- martyr
- meet
- menace
- mendicancy
- mess
- minim
- minimum
- mite
- mix
- mock
- modicum
- molecule
- morass
- mote
- necessity
- need
- neediness
- netting
- nick
- nip
- nutshell
- ounce
- pain
- palm
- pang
- paroxysm
- particle
- pass
- pauperism
- pauperization
- pebble
- penury
- peril
- phony
- pickle
- pickup
- pierce
- pigeonhole
- pittance
- playhouse
- plight
- ply
- point
- predicament
- press
- pressure
- prick
- privation
- proxy
- push
- quagmire
- quicksand
- rack
- rasp
- reserve
- rip-off
- risk
- rob
- robbery
- rub
- rustle
- save
- scamp
- scant
- scrape
- screw
- scruple
- secondary
- seizure
- shake
- shoot
- shooting
- slough
- smidgen
- smidgin
- snag
- snare
- snatch
- snitch
- soupcon
- spare
- spasm
- speck
- spoonful
- spot
- squeeze
- squeezing
- stab
- steal
- stew
- sting
- stint
- stitch
- stopgap
- strait
- straits
- stress
- substitute
- swamp
- swindle
- swipe
- tad
- take
- taper
- taste
- temporary
- tension
- theft
- thimbleful
- threat
- thrill
- throes
- tightening
- tightrope
- tittle
- torment
- torture
- touch
- trivia
- turn
- turning
- tweak
- twinge
- twist
- twitch
- unite
- urge
- urgency
- utility
- want
- whit
- wound
- wrench
- wring
pinch (v.)
- abstract
- ace
- afflict
- agonize
- ail
- alternate
- and
- annex
- apprehend
- approach
- appropriate
- arrest
- bag
- beat
- begrudge
- bind
- bit
- bite
- boost
- borrow
- burn
- bust
- caper
- capture
- catch
- center
- centralize
- chafe
- clamp
- close
- clutch
- collar
- compress
- concenter
- concentrate
- confine
- converge
- convulse
- cop
- counterfeit
- cramp
- crib
- crick
- crucify
- crunch
- crush
- cut
- dab
- danger
- defraud
- distress
- dole
- dot
- dribble
- drive
- dummy
- dwarf
- economize
- embezzle
- exact
- excruciate
- extort
- fake
- famish
- fester
- filch
- fleck
- fragment
- fret
- funnel
- gall
- gnaw
- gouge
- grab
- grain
- grasp
- grate
- grind
- grip
- gripe
- grudge
- hair
- harrow
- hazard
- heist
- hinge
- hitch
- hobble
- hole
- hook
- hurt
- inflame
- intersect
- irritate
- jam
- job
- jot
- kink
- lacerate
- lack
- lift
- little
- luff
- martyr
- martyrize
- meet
- menace
- mess
- mite
- mix
- mock
- mote
- nab
- need
- nick
- nip
- ounce
- pain
- palm
- pang
- pass
- peril
- pickle
- pierce
- pigeonhole
- pilfer
- plight
- ply
- poach
- point
- press
- pressure
- prick
- purloin
- push
- rack
- rankle
- rasp
- reserve
- risk
- rob
- rub
- rustle
- save
- scamp
- scant
- scrape
- screw
- scrimp
- scrounge
- scruple
- shake
- shoot
- shoplift
- skimp
- slough
- snag
- snare
- snatch
- snitch
- spare
- speck
- spot
- squeeze
- stab
- starve
- steal
- stew
- sting
- stint
- stitch
- stress
- substitute
- swamp
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- taper
- taste
- thieve
- thrill
- tighten
- torment
- torture
- touch
- turn
- tweak
- twinge
- twist
- twitch
- unite
- urge
- want
- wound
- wrench
- wring
One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain,
A mere anatomy.
Necessity's sharp pinch!
