Meanings
verbpinch off (third-person singular simple present pinches off, present participle pinching off, simple past and past participle pinched off)
present singular third person pinches off · participle present pinching off · participle past pinched off · past pinched off
- To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion.
Jackie Allen was my friend Phil’s girlfriend, and I pinched her off him, slowly, patiently, over a period of months.
1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 18
Translations
Dutch afknijpen
- afknijpenTo separate (something) from something else
German abkneifen, abzwacken
- abkneifenTo separate (something) from something else
- abzwackenTo separate (something) from something else
- abzwickenTo separate (something) from something else
Māori kinikini, kikini
- kinikiniTo separate (something) from something else
- kikiniTo separate (something) from something else
- kiniTo separate (something) from something else
Polish odrywać, oderwać
- odrywaćTo separate (something) from something else
- oderwaćTo separate (something) from something else
- uszczykiwaćTo separate (something) from something else
- uszczknąćTo separate (something) from something else
- uskubywaćTo separate (something) from something else
- uskubaćTo separate (something) from something else
Turkish çimdik atmak, çimdiklemek
- çimdik atmakTo separate (something) from something else
- çimdiklemekTo separate (something) from something else
Cite this entry
APA
pinch off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinch%20off
MLA
“pinch off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinch%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinch off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinch%20off.
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