1. simple past tense and past participle of pinch.

1. 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.
2. narrow; reduced in size; “skimped”: said especially of some forms of writing-paper: as, pinched post.
3. petty; contemptible.
4. arrested; apprehended.
5. of long, slender growth, as oysters.

1. not having enough money to pay for necessities
2. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight
3. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
4. sounding as if the nose were pinched