pinch
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
Example:
The children were scolded for pinching each other.
- nounThe action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- verbTo squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #828 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 21% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 1 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None