- Be frugal - Nip - Squeeze with fingers - To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to
squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. - o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. - To plait. - Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.