Pinch or pinching may refer to:

  • Pinch (action), to grip an object or substance between two fingers.
  • Pinch (unit), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice
  • Pinch (whisky) or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky
  • Pinch, Indiana, an unincorporated community
  • Pinch, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Kanawha County

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  • Pinch (plasma physics), the compression of a plasma filament by magnetic forces, or a device which uses this effect for magnetic fusion energy
  • Pinching is a multi-touch gesture, done by squeezing one's fingers on a touchscreen
  • Pinch point (economics), the level of inventory below which consumers become concerned about security of supply
  • Pinch point (mathematics), a type of singular point on an algebraic surface
  • Pinch analysis, a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes

Arts and culture

  • The Pinch, a literary journal published at University of Memphis
  • Pinched, a 1917 film starring Harold Lloyd
  • A puppet voiced and operated by Bill Schulz on Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld
  • Tom Pinch and Ruth Pinch, characters in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
  • Pinch Raccoon, a character from "PB&J Otter"
  • Doctor Pinch, character in The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
  • Pinch (film), a 2019 animated short film by Diego Maclean

People

  • Pinch (drummer) (born Andrew Pinching, born 1965), drummer for punk band The Damned
  • Pinch (dubstep musician) (born Rob Ellis, born 1980), electronic musician who produces dubstep
  • Colin Pinch (1921–2006), Australian cricketer
  • John Pinch the elder (1769–1827), British architect in Bath
  • John Pinch the younger (1796–1849), British architect in Bath
  • Trevor Pinch (1952–2021), British sociologist at Cornell University
  • Frank Pinch (1891–1961), English cricketer
  • William Pinch (1940–2021), mineralogist from Rochester, New York
  • Evelyn Pinching (1915–1988), British alpine skier
  • William Wyatt Pinching (1851–1878), rugby union international who represented England in 1872
  • Pinch Thomas (1888–1953), backup catcher in Major League Baseball

Sports

  • Pinch hitter (baseball), a substitute batter
  • Pinch hitter (cricket), a batsman (not a substitute) promoted up the batting order
  • Pinch runner, a baseball player substituted for a player on base

See also

  • John Pinch (disambiguation)
  • Pinch point (disambiguation)