"pinchy" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pinchily"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pinch",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "pinch + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pinch + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pinchier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pinchiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "pinchy (comparative pinchier, superlative pinchiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Milly Bennett, A. Tom Grunfeld, On Her Own: Journalistic Adventures from San Francisco to the Chinese Revolution, 1917-1927:",
          "text": "I pushed my cropped hair up and away from the back of my neck where it was pinchy and itching.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "July 1998, Indianapolis Monthly Vol. 21, No. 13",
          "text": "It's a rare treat in these days when anyone can truck in a case of trendy flavors, set out a few pinchy wire chairs and call the whole sterile spread an ice cream parlor."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Mary Pope Osborne, Adaline Falling Star:",
          "text": "I can't keep still. I feel like I'm caught in a trap — my tight corset and pinchy shoes don't help.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slightly painful, akin to being pinched"
      ],
      "id": "en-pinchy-en-adj-bYzMDKj3",
      "links": [
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ],
        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) slightly painful, akin to being pinched"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Mark Teague, Doom Machine:",
          "text": "“I don't understand this whatchamacallit. The way it wraps all the way around. Wouldn't it be simpler if it went straight up? Hey, hand me that pinchy thing with the zapper on one end.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Andy Rash, Are You a Horse?:",
          "text": "A skittery, pinchy thing ran sideways in front of Roy. It had plenty of legs. “Are you a horse?” he asked. “A horse? I'll pinch you good! A horse is friendly. I'm a crab!” said the crab.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prone or designed to pinch"
      ],
      "id": "en-pinchy-en-adj-JY8HfP5O",
      "links": [
        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) prone or designed to pinch"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pinchy"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pinchily"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pinch",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "pinch + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pinch + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pinchier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pinchiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "pinchy (comparative pinchier, superlative pinchiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Milly Bennett, A. Tom Grunfeld, On Her Own: Journalistic Adventures from San Francisco to the Chinese Revolution, 1917-1927:",
          "text": "I pushed my cropped hair up and away from the back of my neck where it was pinchy and itching.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "July 1998, Indianapolis Monthly Vol. 21, No. 13",
          "text": "It's a rare treat in these days when anyone can truck in a case of trendy flavors, set out a few pinchy wire chairs and call the whole sterile spread an ice cream parlor."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Mary Pope Osborne, Adaline Falling Star:",
          "text": "I can't keep still. I feel like I'm caught in a trap — my tight corset and pinchy shoes don't help.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slightly painful, akin to being pinched"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ],
        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) slightly painful, akin to being pinched"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Mark Teague, Doom Machine:",
          "text": "“I don't understand this whatchamacallit. The way it wraps all the way around. Wouldn't it be simpler if it went straight up? Hey, hand me that pinchy thing with the zapper on one end.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Andy Rash, Are You a Horse?:",
          "text": "A skittery, pinchy thing ran sideways in front of Roy. It had plenty of legs. “Are you a horse?” he asked. “A horse? I'll pinch you good! A horse is friendly. I'm a crab!” said the crab.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prone or designed to pinch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) prone or designed to pinch"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pinchy"
}