[
  {
    "word": "pinch",
    "phonetic": "/p\u026ant\u0283/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/p\u026ant\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pinch-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780270",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A close compression of anything with the fingers.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I gave the leather of the sofa a pinch, gauging the texture."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An organic herbal smoke additive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An arrest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The children were scolded for pinching each other."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To squeeze between two objects.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To steal, usually something inconsequential.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Someone has pinched my handkerchief!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To arrest or capture.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to be pinched for money"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To complain or find fault.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinch"
    ]
  }
]