Pincers Edit Meaning

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A generally metallic device used to pluck eyebrows or nose hairs. Also known as squeezers due to the fact that you squeeze them together in order to grab the hair to pluck.

Alternatively, a crab or lobster has pincers or claws which they use to grab and tear objects with, such as food.

When cooked, crab pincers are edible. Crab pincers are also known as scissors and have a very high strength, capable of snapping bone.

Jessica was plucking her eyebrows with a pair of pincers.

See pincer, pincers, squeezers, tongs