Pinch or pinching may refer to: *

Pinch (action) A pinch is a grip of a flexible object in which a portion is taken between two fingers, until it hurts, or something of resemblance and squeezed so the gripped portion of the object is lifted from its normal level. By extension, that which is tak ...

, to grip an object or substance between two fingers. *

Pinch (unit) A pinch is a small, indefinite amount of a substance, typically a powder like salt, sugar, spice In the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, Bark (botany), bark, or other plant substance in a form primarily used for flavoring or ...

, a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice * Pinch (whisky) or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky *

Pinch, Indiana Pinch is an unincorporated community in Stoney Creek Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Mich ...

, an unincorporated community *

Pinch, West Virginia Pinch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,262 at the 2010 census. The community was named after nearby Pinch Creek. Geography Pinch is located at (38.406348, -81.484682). ...

, a census-designated place in Kanawha County

Mathematics and science

Pinch (plasma physics) A pinch (or: Bennett pinch (after Willard Harrison Bennett), electromagnetic pinch, magnetic pinch, pinch effect, or plasma pinch.) is the compression of an electrically conducting Electrical filament, filament by magnetic forces, or a device tha ...

, 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 A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of electronic visual display, display that can detect touch input from a user. It consists of both an input device (a touch panel) and an output device (a visual display). The touch panel is typically l ...

Pinch point (economics) A pinch-point is the level of inventories Inventory (British English) or stock (American English) is a quantity of the goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate goal of resale, production or utilisation. Inventory management i ...

, the level of inventory below which consumers become concerned about security of supply *

Pinch point (mathematics) frame, Section of the Whitney umbrella, an example of pinch point singularity. In geometry, a pinch point or cuspidal point is a type of singular point on an algebraic surface. The equation for the surface near a pinch point may be put in the f ...

, a type of singular point on an algebraic surface *

Pinch analysis Pinch analysis is a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes by calculating thermodynamically feasible ''energy targets'' (or minimum energy consumption) and achieving them by optimising heat recovery systems, energy ...

, a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes

Arts and culture

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The Pinch ''The Pinch'' is a biannual literary magazine published at the University of Memphis. Works previously published in the magazine has been reprinted in the ''Best American Essays'' and ''Best American Nonrequired Reading'', or have won a Pushcart ...

'', a literary journal published at University of Memphis * ''

Pinched ''Pinched'' is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film is held by the Museum of Modern Art, and it has been released on DVD. Like many American films of the time, ''Pinched'' was subject to cuts by city an ...

'', a 1917 film starring Harold Lloyd * A puppet voiced and operated by Bill Schulz on ''

Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld ''Red Eye'' (also known as ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' from 2007 to 2015 and ''Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue'' from 2015 to 2017) is an American late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on Fox News, which aired at 3:00 a.m. ET Tuesday throug ...

'' * Tom Pinch and Ruth Pinch, characters in the novel ''

Martin Chuzzlewit ''The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit'' (commonly known as ''Martin Chuzzlewit'') is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised between January 1843 and July 1 ...

'' by Charles Dickens * Pinch Raccoon, a character from " PB&J Otter" * Doctor Pinch, character in ''

The Comedy of Errors ''The Comedy of Errors'' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play ...

'' by William Shakespeare * ''Pinch'' (film), a 2019 animated short film by Diego Maclean

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Pinch (drummer) 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 * Pin ...

(born Andrew Pinching, born 1965), drummer for punk band ''The Damned'' *

Pinch (dubstep musician) Rob Ellis, better known as Pinch, is a British dubstep DJ, producer and label manager from Bristol, England. He is known for his fusion of styles such as reggae, World music, and dancehall with dubstep and his roles as founder of the record la ...

(born Rob Ellis, born 1980), electronic musician who produces dubstep *

Colin Pinch Colin Pinch (23 June 1921 – 17 November 2006) was an Australian cricketer. He played 63 first-class matches for New South Wales and South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia ...

(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 Trevor J. Pinch (1 January 1952 – 16 December 2021) was a British sociologist, part-time musician and chair of the science and technology studies department at Cornell University. In 2018, he won the J.D. Bernal Prize from the Society for ...

(1952–2021), British sociologist at Cornell University *

Frank Pinch Frank Pinch (24 February 1891 – 8 October 1961) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Glamorgan. He was born in Bodmin and died in Ashford, Kent. Pinch began playing club cric ...

(1891–1961), English cricketer *

William Pinch William "Bill" Wallace Pinch (August 15, 1940 – April 1, 2017) was a mineralogist from Rochester, New York. The Mineralogical Association of Canada has an award named after him, the Pinch Medal, "to recognize major and sustained contributions ...

(1940–2021), mineralogist from Rochester, New York *

Evelyn Pinching Evelyn Amie "Evie" Pinching (18 March 1915 – 24 December 1988) was a British alpine skier, born in Norwich, who won the 1936 women's downhill and combined events in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. She also ...

(1915–1988), British alpine skier *

William Wyatt Pinching William Wyatt "Nipper" Pinching (1851-1878) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1872. Early life Nipper Pinching was born on 24 March 1851 in Gravesend, the third son of CJ Pinching. He attended Charterhouse SchoolParish ...

(1851–1878), rugby union international who represented England in 1872 *

Pinch Thomas Chester David "Pinch" Thomas (January 24, 1888 – December 24, 1953) was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1912 through 1921 for the Boston Red Sox (1912–17) and Cleveland Indians (1918–21 ...

(1888–1953), backup catcher in Major League Baseball

Sports

Pinch hitter (baseball) In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball, Am ...

, a substitute batter *

Pinch hitter (cricket) In cricket, pinch hitter or slogger is a term for a batter who is promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. Etymology The term "pinch hitter" comes from baseball as the batter is expected to score some quick runs and relie ...

, a batsman (not a substitute) promoted up the batting order *

Pinch runner In baseball or softball, a pinch runner is a player substituted into a game for the purpose of base running. Description A pinch runner may be faster or otherwise more skilled at base running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been s ...

, a baseball player substituted for a player on base

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