pincers

Noun

Meaning

See Pinchers.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

forceps pair of pincers pinchers Nippers claws bender fang nipper chela hand separator vice finger claw scissors

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Antonyms

connector enemy delay drag attacker antagonist

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Phrases with the word

bugs with pincers centipedes with pincers insects with pincers pincers-movement bent pincers beetles with pincers

Anagrams

Crespin crispen Princes

Examples

The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear. Edward Young

The simultaneous existence of opposite virtues in the soul - like pincers to catch hold of God. Simone Weil

Romance only dies with life. No pair of pincers will ever pull it out of us. But there is a spurious sentiment which cannot resist the unexpected and the incongruous and the grotesque. A touch will loosen it, and the sooner it goes from us the better. E. M. Forster

The insect looked at Jurgen, and its pincers rose erect in horror. James Branch Cabell

Torture?” she asked with a laugh. "My first piece of information I'll divulge to you? I wouldn't recommend trying to torture me. I dislike it and grow sulky under pincers. It's a fault. Kresley Cole

Romance only dies with life. No pair of pincers will ever pull it out of us. E. M. Forster

Close letter words and terms

pincer movement pincered pincerlike pincers-movement pincertail pincerwise