Pinch

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Pinch or pinching may refer to:

• Pinch (action), gripping an object or substance between two fingers
• Pinch (unit), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice
• Pinch (whisky) or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky
• Pinch, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Pinch, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Kanawha County

Mathematics and science

• Pinch (plasma physics), the compression of a plasma filament by magnetic forces, or a device which uses this effect for magnetic fusion energy
• Pinching is a multi-touch gesture, done by squeezing one's fingers on a touchscreen
• Pinch point (economics), the level of inventory below which consumers become concerned about security of supply
• Pinch point (mathematics), a type of singular point on an algebraic surface
• Pinch analysis, a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes

Arts and culture

• The Pinch, a literary journal published at University of Memphis
• Pinched, a 1917 film starring Harold Lloyd
• A puppet voiced and operated by Bill Schulz on Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld
• Tom Pinch and Ruth Pinch, characters in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
• Doctor Pinch, character in The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

People

• Pinch (drummer) (born Andrew Pinching, born 1965), drummer for punk band The Damned
• Pinch (dubstep musician) (born Rob Ellis, born 1980), electronic musician who produces dubstep
• Colin Pinch (1921–2006), Australian cricketer
• John Pinch the elder (1769–1827), British architect in Bath
• John Pinch the younger (1796–1849), British architect in Bath
• Trevor Pinch (born 1952), British sociologist at Cornell University
• Frank Pinch (1891–1961), English cricketer
• William Pinch (born 1940), mineralogist from Rochester, New York
• Evelyn Pinching (1915–1988), British alpine skier
• William Wyatt Pinching (1851–1878), rugby union international who represented England in 1872
• Pinch Thomas (1888–1953), backup catcher in Major League Baseball

Sports

• Pinch hitter (baseball), a substitute batter
• Pinch hitter (cricket), a batsman (not a substitute) promoted up the batting order
• Pinch runner, a baseball player substituted for a player on base

See also

• John Pinch (disambiguation)
• Pinch point (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with Pinch