Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feel the pinch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
feel the pinch
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

feels the pinch (present, singular) feeling the pinch (participle, present) felt the pinch (participle, past) felt the pinch (past)

Questions

What does feel the pinch mean?
To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.

How to pronounce feel the pinch

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