These are the meanings of the letters HCIUNPN when you unscramble them.
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Pinch (v. t.)
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.
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Pinch (v. t.)
o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
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Pinch (v. t.)
To plait.
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Pinch (v. t.)
Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
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Pinch (v. t.)
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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Pinch (v. i.)
To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
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Pinch (v. i.)
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
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Pinch (v. i.)
To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
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Pinch (n.)
A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
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Pinch (n.)
As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
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Pinch (n.)
Pian; pang.
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Pinch (n.)
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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Punch (n.)
A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
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Punch (n.)
The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
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Punch (n.)
A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
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Punch (n.)
One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
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Punch (v. t.)
To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
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Punch (n.)
A thrust or blow.
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Punch (n.)
A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
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Punch (n.)
An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
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Punch (n.)
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
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Punch (n.)
To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
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Unpin (v. t.)
To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.