pincers
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
Zoology. a grasping organ or pair of organs resembling this, as the claw of a lobster.
Origin of pincers
1- Also pinch·ers [pin-cherz] /ˈpɪn tʃərz/ .
Words Nearby pincers
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How to use pincers in a sentence
And the nightmare clutch laid hold upon his heart with giant pincers.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodSome of the figures are being roasted, twitched with red-hot pincers, partly baked, or forced to swallow fire.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHe was conscious of a brief pain in one finger, and the next instant someone tore the finger out of his hand with red hot pincers.
Insidekick | Jesse Franklin BoneHe had put on a stone-cloth shirt, and seizing iron pincers, he lifted off an iron cover.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasThe pincers gripe, the pliers handle; the one is like the closed hand, the other like the fingers.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
British Dictionary definitions for pincers
/ (ˈpɪnsəz) /
Also called: pair of pincers a gripping tool consisting of two hinged arms with handles at one end and, at the other, curved bevelled jaws that close on the workpiece: used esp for extracting nails
the pair or pairs of jointed grasping appendages in lobsters and certain other arthropods
Origin of pincers
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for pincers
[ pĭn′sərz ]
A jointed grasping claw of certain animals, such as lobsters and scorpions.
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