pincers

pin·cers (p

rz) also pinch·ers (p

rz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. A grasping tool having a pair of jaws and handles pivoted together to work in opposition.

2. The articulated prehensile claws of certain arthropods, such as the lobster.

[Middle English pinsours, from Old French pinceure, from Old French pincier, to pinch; see pinch.]

pincers [ˈpɪnsəz]

pl n

1. (Engineering / Tools) 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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the pair or pairs of jointed grasping appendages in lobsters and certain other arthropods

[from Old French pinceour, from Old French pincier to pinch]

pincers (p

rz)

A jointed grasping claw of certain animals, such as lobsters and scorpions.

Translations

pincers [ˈpɪnsə^rz] npl (also pair of pincers) → tenailles fpl

pincers

→ Kneifzange f, → Beißzange f; a pair of pincers → eine Kneifzange, eine Beißzange

(Zool) → Schere f, → Zange f

pincers [ˈpɪnsəz] npl (of crab) → pinze fpl, chele fpl; (tool) → tenaglie fpl

pincers

n pl pincers [ˈpinsəz]

1 a tool for gripping things tightly She used (a pair of) pincers to grasp the head of the nail. tangetjie كَمّاشَه، كُلابَة الطَّبيب клещи pinzeta pincet die Zange λαβίδα, τανάλια, τσιμπίδα tenazas tangid گاز انبر hohtimet tenailles צְבָת चिमटी, सड़सी kliješta harapófogó tang töng tenaglie ペンチ 펜치, 집게 pincetas, žnyplės pincete; knaibles ragum nijptang (knipe)tang obcęgi, szczypce pinça cleşte щипцы; клещи kliešte ,,štikačky klešče klešta tång, avbitare ปากคีบ kerpeten 鉗子 щипці; пінцет چمٹا cái kìm 钳子

2 the claws of lobsters, crabs etc. knypers مَخالِب سَرطان البَحْر щипци klepeta klosaks die Zange δαγκάνες pinza sõrad اندام گاز انبری sakset pinces צְבָתוֹת केकड़े इत्यादि के पंजे rakova kliješta rákolló capit gripkló/-töng chele, pinze はさみ 집게발 žnyplės spīles sepit schaar (gripe)klo szczypce pinça cleşte клешни klepetá klešče klešta klo ก้าม (ปู) kıskaç 螯 клешні سرطان کا جبڑا càng cua, tôm 螯

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claw
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earwig
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langouste
lobster
nick
nipper
pair of pincers
pair of tweezers
pincer
pincer movement
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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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