pincher

Tight-fisted person sometimes

A pincher is someone or thing that pinches—squeezes between thumb and finger, or between two surfaces.

The word appears most often in compounds: penny-pincher (someone excessively frugal), pincher claw.

The plural pinchers refers to gripping tools or the grasping claws of crustaceans, though pincers is the more common spelling for those uses.

crustacean

crab

Pincer-bearing shellfish

shrimp · chelae · claws · carapace · decapod · exoskeleton · arthropod · shellfish · molt · antennae

tool

pliers

Hinged metal gripping tool

  • tongsHinged grasping utensil
  • forcepsMedical grasping instrument
  • tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument

nippers · clamp · vice · grippers · clasp · holdfast · fastener · jaws · extractor · retriever

thief

pickpocket

Thief who steals carried items

snatcher · burglar · filcher · light-fingered · prowler · pocketing · lifting

grip

grasp

Seize or understand

  • clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
  • seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
  • snatchRapid forceful taking

hold · catch · squeeze · clasp · prehension · dexterity · precision · fingers · thumb · index

Opposites
gripping mechanism/action

pincherreleaser

One who liberates

slicer · cutter · spreader · opener · loosener

financial behavior

pincherspendthrift

Reckless with money

big spender · squanderer · profligate · wastrel · philanthropist

Phrases
Family

pinch, pinched, pinching, pinches, pinchers, unpinched

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G