pincers
pronunciation
How to pronounce pincers in British English:
UK ['pɪnsəz]
How to pronounce pincers in American English:
US [ˈpɪnsəz]
Word Origin
- pincers (n.)
- early 14c., "tool for grasping or nipping," from Old French pinceure "pincers, tongs," from pincier "to pinch" (see pinch). Applied to animal parts from 1650s. Related: Pincer.
Example
- 1. This question marius felt like pincers .
- 2. Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers ; most are edible .
- 3. Once every few decades , a scientist plucks the cylinder from its perch with chamois-leather-padded pincers , rubs its surface with a cloth soaked in alcohol and ether , and steam-cleans it .
- 4. Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters .
- 5. Thus , in the pincers that hold the earth in the eddy flow of particle flows , in the cup as we say , it is closer .