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- January 29 2022
- What two fingers can hold
What two fingers can hold
We have found the following answers matching the query 'What two fingers can hold' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. What two fingers can hold crossword clue was last seen on January 29 2022 in the popular Newsday Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | PINCH | What two fingers can hold | Newsday |
Definition
| • | To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. |
| • | o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. |
| • | To plait. |
| • | Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. |
| • | To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. |
| • | To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. |
| • | To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. |
| • | To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. |
| • | A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. |
| • | As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. |
| • | Pian; pang. |
| • | A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar. |
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