Answer to "Squeeze tight" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PINCH , but the solution may also be CLENCH which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Boston Globe).

Squeeze tight crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
PINCH	50 %	5
CLENCH	50 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Squeeze tight

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• compress
• clench
• grip
• hug
• squeeze
• loosen
• shake
• tighten
• pull
• grab
• choke
• snap

Crossword Answer definitions

PINCH noun

1. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
2. A close compression of anything with the fingers.
3. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
4. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
5. A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
6. An organic herbal smoke additive.
7. A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
8. The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
9. An arrest.

PINCH verb

1. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
2. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
3. To squeeze between two objects.
4. To steal, usually something inconsequential.
5. To arrest or capture.
6. To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
7. To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
8. To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
9. To be stingy or covetous; to live sparingly.
10. To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
11. To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
12. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
13. To complain or find fault.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result PINCH

• Take
• Goose
• Seasoning amount
• Arrest
• "___ me! I must be dreaming!"
• Slap inducer, perhaps
• Squeeze tight
• Small amount
• Recipe amount
• Emergency

More clues leading to the result CLENCH

• Bear hug
• Tighten, as a fist
• Something to do with your teeth
• Squeeze tight
• Squeeze together tightly
• Hold tight, as a fist
• Grip tightly
• Close tightly, as one's hand
• Grip firmly
• Hold tightly