Do this to me, I must be dreaming!

verb

1. To squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
2. To prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to induce branching
3. To squeeze or compress painfully
4. To cause physical or mental pain to
5. To subject to strict economy or want straiten
6. To restrain or limit narrowly constrict
7. Steal
8. Arrest
9. To sail too close to the wind
10. Compress, squeeze
11. To be miserly or closefisted
12. To press painfully
13. Narrow, taper

    "the road pinched down to a trail"

noun

1. A critical juncture emergency
2. Deficit
3. An act of pinching} {sx
4. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb

   "a pinch of snuff"

5. A very small amount
6. A marked thinning of a vein or bed
7. Theft
8. A police raid

adjective

1. Substitute

   "pinch runner"

2. Hit by a pinch hitter

   "a pinch homer"

noun

1. A bar similar in form and use to a crowbar and sometimes having an end adapted for pulling spikes or inserting under a heavy wheel that is to be rolled

verb

1. To act or serve in place of another
2. To bat in the place of another player especially when a hit is particularly needed

noun

1. A hit made by a pinch hitter

noun

1. One that pinch-hits

idiom

1. Used to say that one can't believe something is happening

idiom

1. In a bad situation when help is needed

   "I can help out at a pinch if you need a babysitter."

idiom

1. To experience the problems caused by not having enough money or by paying higher costs

   "We are starting to feel the pinch of high fuel costs."