Compressed; contracted; narrowed; presenting the appearance of being straitened in circumstances or with cold, want, trouble, or the like: as, a pinched face; a pinched look. Also used occasionally with the meaning of ‘narrowing’ or ‘thinning’ in speaking of mineral veins: as, the vein is pinched.Narrow; reduced in size; “skimped”: said especially of some forms of writing-paper: as, pinched post.Petty; contemptible.Arrested; apprehended.Of long, slender growth, as oysters.