pincer

pin·cer (p

1. An object resembling one of the grasping parts of a set of pincers.

2. A maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from two flanks and the front.

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Noun	1.	pincer - a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, tweezer hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands roach clip, roach holder - metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach
	2.	pincer - a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods chela, nipper, claw crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton appendage, extremity, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"

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pincer [ˈpɪnsəʳ]

A. N

1. (Zool) → pinza f

2. (Tech) pincers → tenazas fpl, pinzas fpl
a pair of pincers → unas tenazas

B. CPD pincer movement N (Mil) → movimiento m de pinza or tenaza

pincer [ˈpɪnsə^r] n [crab, lobster] → pince f
pincer movement [ˈpɪnsə^rmuːvmənt] n → mouvement m de tenailles

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chela claw crawfish crayfish decapod crustacean earwig forceps forfex langouste lobster nick nipper pair of pincers pair of tweezers pincer movement pincers pinch pinchers roach clip	Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained herself, besides, with such humane achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks which passed within his view, at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context The front pair of legs terminate in very strong and heavy pincers, and the last pair are fitted with others weaker and much narrower. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context Another has the toothache: the carpenter out pincers, and clapping one hand upon his bench bids him be seated there; but the poor fellow unmanageably winces under the unconcluded operation; whirling round the handle of his wooden vice, the carpenter signs him to clap his jaw in that, if he would have him draw the tooth. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context	piña cloth pina colada piña colada Pinacate bug Pinaceae pinaceous Pinacoid Pinacolin Pinacone pinacotheca pinafore pinafore dress Pinakothek Pinang Pinar del Río pinaster pinata piñata Pinatubo Pinax pinball pinball game pinball machine pinboard pince-nez pincer pincer movement pincers pinch pinch back or off pinch bar pinch effect pinch hitter pinch point pinch runner pinch-hit Pinchas Zukerman pinchbeck pinchcock pinche pinched Pinchem Pincher pinchers Pinchfist pinchgut Pinching Pinching bar Pinching nut Pinchingly Pinchot	Pinball history pinball machine pinball machine Pinball machines Pinball machines Pinball Simulation Pinball-machine Pinball-machine Pinboard Pinboard Pinboard Pinboard pinboards pinboards PINBOL PINC Pincay, Laffit Alejandro, Jr. PINCC PINCCA Pince edward island Pince edward island Pince edward island Pince nez Pince nez Pince nez pince-nez pince-nez pince-nez Pince-sans-rire pincement pincer Pincer attack pincer bite pincer bite pincer bite pincer compression Pincer emasculatome pincer grasp pincer grasp pincer grasp pincer grasp Pincer maneuver Pincer movement pincer movements pincer nail pincers pincers pincers mechanism pinch pinch pinch pinch pinch pinch Pinch (disambiguation) Pinch (disambiguation) Pinch (disambiguation) Pinch (disambiguation) Pinch (plasma physics) Pinch (plasma physics) Pinch a loaf

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chela
claw
crawfish
crayfish
decapod crustacean
earwig
forceps
forfex
langouste
lobster
nick
nipper
pair of pincers
pair of tweezers
pincer movement
pincers
pinch
pinchers
roach clip

Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained herself, besides, with such humane achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks which passed within his view, at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

The front pair of legs terminate in very strong and heavy pincers, and the last pair are fitted with others weaker and much narrower.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context

Another has the toothache: the carpenter out pincers, and clapping one hand upon his bench bids him be seated there; but the poor fellow unmanageably winces under the unconcluded operation; whirling round the handle of his wooden vice, the carpenter signs him to clap his jaw in that, if he would have him draw the tooth.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

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