pinched
verbadjectiveattested in dialogue
Very thin, as if drawn together.
verb
- 1
Also a form of pinchsimple past and past participle of pinch
adjective
- 1
Very thin, as if drawn together.
His thin, pinched mouth was nothing but a mark […]
He was a skinny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who had the pinched, slightly unhealthy look of someone who has grown a lot in a short space of time.
- 2
Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
- 3
Financially hurt or damaged.
- 4
Compressed.
If your sport makes you prone to violent neck motions, you are at risk for a pinched nerve. A pinched nerve occurs when a cervical disc ruptures, and the jellylike material from inside the disc presses on a nerve.
Forms
- comparative
- more pinched
- superlative
- most pinched
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pinched · Very thin, as if drawn together.
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