" at a pinch "

 [ "pinching" ]

1: In the Cannabis Growing industry, in Canada anyways, pinching refers to removing the growing top parts of a Cannabis plant (called the apical meristems in biology) , and often the grower uses his fingers to remove the young shoots of the plant, thumb & nails as if to pinch something that's why they call it to pinch to chop off the young shoots of the plant, so that the continuing growing part of the plant will divide and later produce more product, more Cannabis smoking material, according to professional growers.

  * e.g.,  ... Yo Joey did u alredy pinch these girls or not? Most marijuana growers adopt the pinching method, any cannabis grunt knows that. OMG how many times did u pinch these bushy sluts? 

 [ "pinched" ]

1: to get arrested by the police.... a very old term.

  * e.g.,  ... I was pinched by the cops. 

 [ "Pinching" ]

1: When an asshole of a drug dealer buys weed, and resells it for the same price, but pinches some weed from the bag for himself and not telling the buyer. Therefore, accumilating weed for free.

  * e.g.,  ... "Dont buy a bag from Brandon, i caught him pinching a couple times, that asshole" 

 [ "pinch" ]

1: To steal a small amount of Marijuana from someone elses bag.

  * e.g.,  ... "I'm gonna pinch a bud out of the bag while he's in the bathroom." 

 [ "pinch of" ]

1: A very little amount or to a small degree. Opposite of grip of, grippa, gang of, and hella. See also pincha.

  * e.g.,  ... It only takes pinch of alcohol before your little sister ends up with grip of wang in her mouth. 

 [ "pinche" ]

1: Spanish-language expression meaning:

  * e.g.,  ... a) Se solicitan 2 pinches de cocina medio turno. (2 kitchen boys are needed for half shifts) 

 [ "pinche" ]

2: a) Kitchen boy. The guys who clean up the Chef's mess and scrub the frying pans and carry stuff around. In this context it's still used in Spain.

  * e.g.,  ... b) Pinche gringo culero ve a chingar a tu reputisima madre! (Fucking gringo asshole go fuck your loosecunt cocksucking mother!) 

 [ "pinche" ]

3: b) In Mexico, it's an all-purpose insult enhancer, which would be roughly equivalent to the use of *fucking* in English. If Jay (Silent Bob's hetero life mate) spoke Spanish, he would say *pinche* A LOT.

  * e.g.,  ... c) Tu pinche hermana está bien pinche, wey. (Your fucking sister is so fucking ugly, dude!) 

 [ "pinche" ]

4: Pinche is strongly associated with cursing in Mexican Spanish and the very moment you use it gives you away as a Mexican national. So you pinches gringos take that into account if youre trying to pass for an Argentine or whatever.

 [ "pinche" ]

5: c) In Mexico, it's also used as an adjective to describe something as insignificant, lousy, miserable or worthless.

 [ "pinch" ]

1: 1)in a tight spot 2)got caught by the cops

 [ "pinch" ]

1: Evict. Refers specifically to eviction from rented residential property for failing to pay rent. Occasionally, landlords will warn their tenants who are behind on rent with this euphemistic term.

  * e.g.,  ... The landlord is going to "pinch" the tenant for not paying rent. During the recession, lots of people cannot afford their rent, so they are being "pinched." He is behind on his rent; therefore, he is facing "pinching." According to some interpretations, the song "Pinch Me" by the "Barenaked Ladies" uses this term with this meaning. The narrarator is unemployed and cannot pay his rent, and he is resigning himself to his inevitable fate of homelessness. 

 [ "in a pinch" ]

1:  if necessary

  * e.g.,  ... In a pinch we can file a lawsuit against them. 

 [ "in a pinch" ]

2:  in trouble

 [ "pinched" ]

1: caught.

  * e.g.,  ... Vinny shot the guy in front of a dozen people. He was sure to get pinched.