| verb | squeeze tightly between the fingers “He pinched her behind” |
| verb | make ridges into by pinching together |
| verb | make off with belongings of others |
| verb | cut the top off “top trees and bushes” |
| verb | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear “smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth” |
| adjective | sounding as if the nose were pinched “a whining nasal voice” |
| adjective | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold “emaciated bony hands” |
| adjective | not having enough money to pay for necessities |
| adjective | as if squeezed uncomfortably tight “her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her” |
| pinch | noun | a squeeze with the fingers |
| squeeze | noun | a twisting squeeze |
| nipper | noun | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods |
| crimp | noun | an angular or rounded shape made by folding |
| pilferer | noun | a thief who steals without using violence |
| pilferage | noun | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles |
| cabbage | noun | informal terms for money |
| lifter | noun | a thief who steals goods that are in a store |
| top | noun | the upper part of anything |
| topper | noun | a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.) |
| nasal | noun | a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed |
| nasality | noun | a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators |
| boniness | noun | extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
| bonyness | noun | extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
| gauntness | noun | extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
| impecuniousness | noun | a state of lacking money |
| pennilessness | noun | a state of lacking money |
| penury | noun | a state of extreme poverty or destitution |
| penuriousness | noun | a state of lacking money |