[twee-zerz] 
) | small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc. |
| tweez·er (twē'zər) n. Tweezers. |
| tweez·ers (twē'zərz) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Small pincers, usually of metal, used for plucking or handling small objects. [From obsolete tweezes, pl. of tweeze, a case for tweezers or other small instruments, alteration of etweese, from French étuis, pl. of étui; see étui.] |