bepinch

B3E1P3I1N1C3H4
/bɪˈpɪnt͡ʃ/

verb

To pinch, or mark with pinches.

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Meanings

verbbepinch (third-person singular simple present bepinches, present participle bepinching, simple past and past participle bepinched)

present singular third person bepinches · participle present bepinching · participle past bepinched · past bepinched

  1. archaictransitiveTo pinch, or mark with pinches.

    shoulders , all bepinch'd

    [1611?], Homer, “Book XXIII”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC
  2. dialectaltransitiveTo pinch all over.

Origin

From be- + pinch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bepinch

inchlynchpinchfinchwinchclinchcinchflinchlinchsquinch
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Cite this entry
APA

bepinch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepinch

MLA

“bepinch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepinch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bepinch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bepinch.

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