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pincer

(pɪnsəʳ)
Word forms: plural pincers
1. plural noun [oft a pair of NOUN]
Pincers consist of two pieces of metal that are hinged in the middle. They are used as a tool for gripping things or for pulling things out.
His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers.
2. countable noun [usually plural]
The pincers of an animal such as a crab or a lobster are its front claws.

pincer in British English

(ˈpɪnsə)
noun
zoology
one of a pair of jointed grasping appendages in lobsters and certain other arthropods

Examples of 'pincer' in a sentence
pincer

They split into two groups, a pincer movement round the burning wreckage.
Brierley, David SKORPION'S DEATH
The Russians developed a huge pincer movement against the flanks of the salient that led to Stalingrad.
Townsend, Eileen IN LOVE AND WAR
It slipped out of the pincer grip, and slipped a second time.
Brierley, David SNOWLINE

In other languages
pincer

British English: pincer NOUN
The pincers of an animal such as a crab or a lobster are its front claws.
  • American English: pincer
  • Brazilian Portuguese: garra de crustáceos como caranguejo e lagosta
  • Chinese: 螯蟹或虾的
  • European Spanish: pinza
  • French: pince
  • German: Schere
  • Italian: chela
  • Japanese: はさみ
  • Korean: 집게발
  • European Portuguese: garra de crustáceos como caranguejo e lagosta
  • Latin American Spanish: pinza
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