tweeze

[tweez]
verb (used with object), tweezed, tweez·ing.
to pluck, as with tweezers.

Origin:
1940–45; back formation from tweezers

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tweeze (twiːz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
chiefly (US) to take hold of or pluck (hair, small objects, etc) with or as if with tweezers
 
[C17: back formation from tweezers]

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Tweeze is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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Word Origin & History

tweeze
"to pluck with tweezers," 1932, back-formation from tweezers.
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Example sentences
Use an empty shell to tweeze out the rest of the mussels.
Once the waxing demonstration is complete, you will be directed to tweeze your model's eyebrows.
Never pinch, tweeze or otherwise attempt to pull stings out, as this will simply inject the remaining contents of the venom sacs.
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