(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone ~s something, they steal it. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He smashed a window to get in and ~ed a load of silver cups...
= pinch
VERB: V n
2.
If the police ~ someone, they arrest them. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The police ~ed me for carrying an offensive weapon...
Keep quiet or we’ll all get ~ed.
VERB: V n, get/be V-ed
3.
If you ~ something or ~ yourself, you accidentally make a small cut in the surface of the object or your skin.
When I pulled out of the space, I ~ed the rear bumper of the car in front of me...
He dropped a bottle in the kitchen and ~ed himself on broken glass.
VERB: V n, V pron-refl
4.
A ~ is a small cut made in the surface of something, usually in someone’s skin.
The barbed wire had left only the tiniest ~ just below my right eye.
N-COUNT
5.
If you are ~ed by someone, they cheat you, for example by charging you too much money. (AM INFORMAL)
College students already are being ~ed, but probably don’t realize it.
= rip off
VERB: be V-ed
6.
Nick is used in expressions such as ‘in good ~’ or ‘in bad ~’ to describe the physical condition of someone or something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
His ribs were damaged, but other than that he’s in good ~...
Tom’s house is actually in better ~ than mine.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
7.
If you say that something happens in the ~ of time, you are emphasizing that it happens at the last possible moment.
Seems we got here just in the ~ of time...
= just in time
PHRASE: usu PHR after v emphasis