Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jot | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pinch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
jot (noun) | pinch (noun) |
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a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note | a squeeze with the fingers |
a slight but appreciable amount | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) |
a small sharp bite or snip | |
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | |
a slight but appreciable amount | |
an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed | |
a painful or straitened circumstance |
jot (verb) | pinch (verb) |
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write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of | irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear |
squeeze tightly between the fingers | |
make ridges into by pinching together | |
cut the top off | |
make off with belongings of others |