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▸ verb:  To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
▸ verb:  To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
▸ verb:  To squeeze between two objects.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
▸ verb:  (slang, transitive) To steal, usually something inconsequential.
▸ verb:  (slang, transitive) To arrest or capture.
▸ verb:  (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
▸ verb:  (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
▸ verb:  (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, intransitive) To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
▸ verb:  (of animals) To seize; to grip; to bite.
▸ verb:  (figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
▸ verb:  To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
▸ noun:  The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
▸ noun:  A close compression of anything with the fingers.
▸ noun:  A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
▸ noun:  An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
▸ noun:  A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
▸ noun:  An organic herbal smoke additive.
▸ noun:  (physics) A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
▸ noun:  The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
▸ noun:  (slang) An arrest.

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