Pinch or pinching may refer to: * Pinch (action), to grip an object or substance between two fingers. *

Pinch (unit) A pinch is a small, indefinite amount of a substance, typically a powder like salt, sugar, spice, or snuff. It is the "amount that can be taken between the thumb and forefinger". Some manufacturers of measuring spoons and some U.S. cookbooks giv ...

, a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice *

Pinch (whisky) Haig () is a brand of Scotch whisky, originally manufactured by John Haig & Co Ltd. The brand and its original distillery are now part of Diageo, the world's largest spirits company and a major producer of beer. Products Haig offers four whis ...

or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky *

Pinch, Indiana Pinch is an unincorporated community in Stoney Creek Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 ...

, an unincorporated community *

Pinch, West Virginia Pinch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,262 at the 2010 census. The community was named after nearby Pinch Creek. Geography Pinch is located at (38.406348, -81.484682). Ac ...

, a census-designated place in Kanawha County

Mathematics and science

Pinch (plasma physics) A pinch (or: Bennett pinch (after Willard Harrison Bennett), electromagnetic pinch, magnetic pinch, pinch effect, or plasma pinch.) is the compression of an electrically conducting filament by magnetic forces, or a device that does such. The con ...

, 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 A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is often ...

Pinch point (economics) A pinch-point is the level of inventories Inventory (American English) or stock (British English) refers to the goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate goal of resale, production or utilisation. Inventory management is a dis ...

, the level of inventory below which consumers become concerned about security of supply *

Pinch point (mathematics) image:Whitney_unbrella.png, frame, Section of the Whitney umbrella, an example of pinch point singularity. In geometry, a pinch point or cuspidal point is a type of Singular point of an algebraic variety, singular point on an algebraic surface. Th ...

, a type of singular point on an algebraic surface *

Pinch analysis Pinch analysis is a methodology for minimising energy consumption of process (engineering), chemical processes by calculating thermodynamically feasible ''energy targets'' (or minimum energy consumption) and achieving them by optimising heat reco ...

, a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes

Arts and culture

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The Pinch ''The Pinch'' is a literary journal published at the University of Memphis. The journal is published biannually. Work that has appeared in ''The Pinch'' has been reprinted in the ''Best American Essays'' and ''Best American Nonrequired Reading' ...

'', a literary journal published at University of Memphis * ''

Pinched ''Pinched'' is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film is held by the Museum of Modern Art, and it has been released on DVD. Like many American films of the time, ''Pinched'' was subject to cuts by city and ...

'', 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 ''The Comedy of Errors'' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. It ...

'' by William Shakespeare * ''Pinch'' (film), a 2019 animated short film by Diego Maclean

People

Pinch (drummer) Pinch or pinching may refer to: * Pinch (action), to grip 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 * Pin ...

(born Andrew Pinching, born 1965), drummer for punk band ''The Damned'' *

Pinch (dubstep musician) Rob Ellis, better known as Pinch, is a British dubstep artist from Bristol, England, noted for his fusion of styles such as reggae, World music, and dancehall with dubstep. He released his first album, ''Underwater Dancehall'' in 2007, on Tecto ...

(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 Trevor J. Pinch (1 January 1952 – 16 December 2021) was a British sociologist, part-time musician and chair of the Science and Technology Studies department at Cornell University. In 2018, he won the J.D. Bernal Prize from the Society for ...

(born 1952), British sociologist at Cornell University *

Frank Pinch Frank Pinch (24 February 1891 – 8 October 1961) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Glamorgan. He was born in Bodmin and died in Ashford, Kent. Pinch began playing club cric ...

(1891–1961), English cricketer *

William Pinch William "Bill" Wallace Pinch (August 15, 1940 – April 1, 2017) was a mineralogist from Rochester, New York. The Mineralogical Association of Canada has an award named after him, the Pinch Medal, "to recognize major and sustained contributions t ...

(born 1940), mineralogist from Rochester, New York *

Evelyn Pinching Evelyn Amie "Evie" Pinching (18 March 1915 – 24 December 1988) was a British alpine skier who won the 1936 women's downhill and combined events in the world championship in Innsbruck, and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she fi ...

(1915–1988), British alpine skier *

William Wyatt Pinching William Wyatt "Nipper" Pinching was a rugby union international who represented England in 1872. Early life Nipper Pinching was born on 24 March 1851 in Gravesend, the third son of CJ Pinching. He attended Charterhouse SchoolParish, W. D. (Wil ...

(1851–1878), rugby union international who represented England in 1872 *

Pinch Thomas Chester David "Pinch" Thomas (January 24, 1888 – December 24, 1953) was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1912 through 1921 for the Boston Red Sox (1912–17) and Cleveland Indians (1918–21) ...

(1888–1953), backup catcher in Major League Baseball

Sports

Pinch hitter (baseball) In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball, America ...

, a substitute batter *

Pinch hitter (cricket) In cricket, pinch hitter or slogger is the usual term for a batsman (not a substitute, unlike in baseball) promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. As attempting to score runs quickly involves playing more aggressive shots a ...

, a batsman (not a substitute) promoted up the batting order *

Pinch runner In baseball, a pinch runner is a player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing another player on base. The pinch runner may be faster or otherwise more skilled at base-running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been sub ...

, a baseball player substituted for a player on base

Mathematics and science

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People

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