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noun/ɪnt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm.

    • One rule of thumb is that the width of an adult thumb can approximate a length of one inch.
  2. 2

    Any very short distance.figuratively

    • Don't move an inch!
  3. 3

    Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.

    • At the time of Augustus, the Roman inch was standardized at a length about 3% shorter than the modern English one.
  4. 4

    A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.

    • Expect around 2 inches of rain on Saturday afternoon.
  5. 5

    A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.

    • My partner only drinks about a 1 inch pour with dinner, leaving the rest of the bottle for me.
verb/ɪnt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).intransitive

    • Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
  2. 2

    To drive by inches, or small degrees.

    • He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
  3. 3

    To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

noun/ɪnt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    A small island; an islet.IrelandScotland

    • The blackening wave is edged with white; / To inch and rock the sea-mews fly.
  2. 2

    A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.IrelandScotland

    • An ivy-clad farmhouse surrounded by trees, it stood on the sunny side of a sloping hill at the foot of which the Darigle river curved its way through gold-furzed inches to disappear under a stone bridge into the woods beyond.
adj/ɪnt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    cocky and cheekyHong-Kongcolloquial

    • I still remember Donald Duck sit next to him after NG dog being 'Done'd to F.2 building... he is still very Inch in Year 1983-4 teaching me RS
    • The service was professional but very "inch". We were served by a Cantonese speaking local. The waiter asked if we wanted water without telling us it costs $75 for just water!!
verb/ɪnt͡ʃ/
  1. 1

    to burn (to insult); to speak in a cocky and cheeky mannerHong-Kongcolloquial

    • Sorry for changing the intention of the post last time; it was for nothing but the personal joy and satisfaction of "inch"-ing the person who criticized my writing while he/she can't even write. (no hard feelings, alright?!) I'd avoid that

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