Relating to pinch-hitting or pinch runners: a pinch single; a pinch steal of third base.Idiom: pinch pennies Informal To be thrifty or miserly. [Middle English pinchen, from Old North French *pinchier, variant of Old French pincer; akin to Italian pinzare, to sting, and Spanish pincha...
Middle English, from Anglo-French*pincher, pincer First Known Use Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined attransitive sense 1a Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1a Adjective 1912, in the meaning defined atsense 1 Time Traveler ...