Pinch
Pinch noun - An instance of theft.
Spot is a synonym for pinch in small quantity topic. In some cases you can use "Spot" instead a noun "Pinch".
Spot
Spot noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.
Usage example: we're in a bit of a spot right now with our mortgage payments
Nearby Word: spotted
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good pinch | good spot |
| tight | tight pinch | tight spot |
| small | small pinch | small spot |
| big | big pinch | big spot |
| Other adjectives: little, tiny, last, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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With the right raw materials and a crafting table (which can be crafted on the spot in a pinch), the player can make whatever they need almost instantly.
Source: MacGyvering -
Leonard Nimoy balked at that cliche, feeling that it was out of character for Spock, and proposed a different idea — and created Spock's famous Vulcan Nerve Pinch on the spot.
Source: Pistol-Whipping - In Star Trek, the Vulcan Nerve Pinch serves as the "render fully unconscious" version of this move, and was invented on the spot by Leonard Nimoy, who felt that the blunt trauma Tap on the Head did not fit with Spock's character.
Source: The Paralyzer
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