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pinched

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pinched
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pin - ched -> pinched

Myanmar meaning

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pinch /pÇntʃ/ v

၁။ (က) လက်မနှင့်လက်ညှိုးဖြင့် ဖိညှပ်သည်။ He pinched the child's cheek playfully. ❍ To stop a bleeding nose, tilt the head back and pinch the nostrils together. (ခ) (လက်သည်းဖြင့်) ဆိတ်သည်။ The little girl was crying because somebody had pinched her. ❍ I was so amazed I had to pinch myself in case it was all a dream. (ဂ) ညှပ်သည်။ ညပ်သွားသည်။ The door pinched my finger as it shut.
၂။ (ဖိနပ်ပေါက်၍) နာသည်။ These new shoes pinch (me).
၃။ ~ sth (from sb/sth) (Brit infml ) လစ်သည်။ အလစ်သုတ်သည်။ ခိုးသည်။ He's been pinching money from the cashbox. ❍ Who's pinched my dictionary?
n
၁။ ဆိတ်ခြင်း။ She gave him a pinch (on the arm) to wake him up.
၂။ တစ်ဆိတ်စာ။ တစ်တို့။ Add a pinch of salt.
❏ at a pinch [IDM ] (infml ) မဖြစ်မနေဆိုလျှင်။ အကျပ် အတည်း ဖြစ်နေရင်။ We can get six people round this table, at a pinch.
❏ pinched adj (အေး၍၊ ဆာလောင်၍၊ ပူပန်၍) မျက်နှာရှုံ့တွ ဖြူရော်နေသော။ her thin pinched features.
❏ pinch sth off/out [PHRV ] ဆိတ်ခြွေသည်။ pinch off the dead flowers.
❏ take sth with a pinch of salt [IDM ] သုံးခွက် တစ်ခွက်တင် ချင့်ယုံ။

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  • Roger pinched my arm.
  • To zoom in to the picture, touch the screen with your finger and thumb and pinch them apart.
Synonyms
touch, smidgen, dash, soupçon, bit, taste, afflict, apprehend, arrest, be stingy, box, bust, chafe, clutch, collar, compress, compression, confine, confinement, contingency, contraction, cop, cramp, crib, crisis, crunch, crush, detain, difficulty, distress, drop, economize, emergency, exigency, filch, grasp, grasping, grip, hardship, hold, hurt, iota, jot, juncture, knock off, lift, limitation, make off with, mite, nab, necessity, nick, nip, nipping, oppress, oppression, pain, pass, pick up, pilfer, pinch pennies, plight, predicament, press, press tightly, pressure, pull in, purloin, rob, run in, scrape, scrimp, skimp, small amount, small quantity, snatch, soupçon, spare, speck, splash, splatter, squeeze, steal, stint, strait, stress, swipe, take, take into custody, thieve, tight pressing, tight spot, tight squeeze, tittle, torment, turning point, tweak, twinge, wrench, wrest, wring, zero hour
Antonyms
advantage, aid, be generous, blessing, calm, comfort, ease, free, freedom, give, good fortune, help, let go, lose, lot, offer, peace, receive, release, spend, uncompress
Cross references
touchsmidgendashsoupçonbittasteafflictapprehendarrestbe stingyboxbustchafeclutchcollarcompresscompressionconfineconfinementcontingencycontractioncopcrampcribcrisiscrunchcrushdetain
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