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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pin•cers /ˈpɪnsɚz/USA pronunciation n. [plural]- Buildinga gripping tool made of two joined and crossed parts forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles.
- Zoologya pair of claws resembling this, as the claws of a lobster.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pin•cers (pin′sərz),USA pronunciation n. (usually used with a pl. v.) - Buildinga gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of ).
- Zoologya grasping organ or pair of organs resembling this, as the claw of a lobster.
Also, pinchers. - Anglo-French pince(r) to pinch + -our -or2
- Middle English pinsers, earlier pynceours, plural of *pinceour 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pincers /ˈpɪnsəz/ pl n - 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
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French pinceour, from Old French pincier to pinch |