"pinch off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pinches off [present, singular, third-person], pinching off [participle, present], pinched off [participle, past], pinched off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pinch off (third-person singular simple present pinches off, present participle pinching off, simple past and past participle pinched off)
  1. To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion. Translations (To separate (something) from something else): afknijpen (Dutch), abklemmen (German), abschnüren (German), kinikini (Maori), kikini (Maori), kini (Maori), çimdik atmak (Turkish), çimdiklemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pinch_off-en-verb-C3V2fT9U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pinch off meaning in English (1.9kB)

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      "sense": "To separate (something) from something else",
      "word": "afknijpen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To separate (something) from something else",
      "word": "abklemmen"
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      "sense": "To separate (something) from something else",
      "word": "abschnüren"
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      "sense": "To separate (something) from something else",
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