definition of
pinched

[1] #1 pinched s. [adenoidal, nasal] sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice". wn

[2] #2 pinched s. [bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration". wn

[3] #3 pinched s. [hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious] not having enough money to pay for necessities. wn