pinch
Synonyymisanakirja
pinch
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puristus, nipistys, nipistäminen, puristaminen, leikkaaminen, pureminen, pureskelu, puraisu, hätätilanne, pakkotilanne, ahdinko, käännekohta, hankaluus, vaikeus.
Käännökset
englanti |
nipistys ahdinko
nipistää
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
(quote-book) To squeeze between two objects. To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
puhekieltä To arrest or capture. puhekieltä To cut shoot shoots or bud buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield. puhekieltä To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter. puhekieltä To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. puhekieltä To be niggardly or covetous.
To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals. Chapman puhekieltä To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. puhekieltä To complain or find fault. Chaucer, 'The Good Parson' The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. 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. 1955, w:Rex Stout|Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in w:Three Witnesses (book)|Three Witnesses, October 1994 w:Bantam Books|Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 171: An organic herbal smoke additive. |
Läheisiä sanoja
pinaattikeitto, pinaattikiinankaali, pinaattimuhennos, pinaattiohukainen, pineeni, pingis