1.Definition: a painful or straitened circumstance

"The pinch of the recession"

Category: General

2.Definition: a slight but appreciable amount

Related Noun(s):hint, jot, mite, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch

Category: General

3.Definition: a small sharp bite or snip

Related Noun(s):nip

Category: General

4.Definition: a squeeze with the fingers

Related Noun(s):tweak

Category: General

5.Definition: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

Related Noun(s):emergency, exigency

Category: General

6.Definition: an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

Category: General

7.Definition: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

Related Noun(s):apprehension, arrest, catch, collar

Category: General