pinching

Etymology

adj

1. That pinches, or causes such a sensation

verb

1. present participle and gerund of pinch

noun

1. The act of one who or that which pinches.
   Simon ate an orange, removing the peel in fastidious pinchings, such delicacy in a dugout on a river flowing through the bush. 2012, Paul Theroux, The Lower River
2. (horticulture) The act of pinching off new growth.
   Six varieties gave more shoots from the greater number of pinchings while three had more shoots when pinching was discontinued August 10. 1926, Bimonthly Bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, page 139
3. theft