To seize; to grip; to bite.
To squeeze between two objects.
Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
To arrest or capture.
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
To steal, usually something inconsequential.
To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
A close compression of anything with the fingers.
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
An organic herbal smoke additive.
A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
An arrest.
A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
To sample the flavor of something orally.
To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
To experience.
To take sparingly.
To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
Personal preference; liking; predilection.
A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.