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pincer

pincer /ˈpɪnsɚ/ noun
plural pincers
pincer
/ˈpɪnsɚ/
noun
plural pincers
Learner's definition of PINCER
pincers [plural] : a small tool that is used for holding or gripping small objects钳子
[count] : a claw of a lobster or crab and some insects(龙虾、蟹及一些昆虫的)螯
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pincer

noun

pin·​cer ˈpin(t)-sər How to pronounce pincer (audio)
 especially for sense 1 US often  ˈpin-chər
1
a
pincers plural : an instrument having two short handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot and used for gripping things
b
: a claw (as of a lobster) resembling a pair of pincers : chela
2
pincerlike adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Forming a pincer around the capital, Russian troops planned to seize Kyiv in three to four days. Liz Sly, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 The core action of CLAW is mimicked by the interface, with a sliding pincer as the central component. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022 The fearsome-looking bugs—with two-inch long bodies, quarter-inch stingers, and big heads dominated by huge round eyes and giant pincer-like mandibles—dwarf the honeybees in the display case next to them. Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022 But that returns us to Rottenborn’s list of all the pincer movements that close in on abuse victims. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022 Nearby, Russian forces were trying to push southward, part of a pincer move to trap the Ukrainian troops still holding a pocket of territory in the two eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. New York Times, 1 June 2022 This led to a pincer attack on their profit margins. Omer Riaz, Forbes, 26 May 2022 This may allow Russia to form a pincer in conjunction with a thrust pressing southward towards Lyman that could leave the veteran Ukrainian brigades in Severodonetsk encircled. Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 22 May 2022 The assault from prices will be two-pronged, almost pincer-like. Rajrishi Singhal, Quartz, 26 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English pinceour, from Anglo-French *pinceour, pinchure, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer to pinch, from Vulgar Latin *pinctiare, *punctiare, from Latin punctum puncture — more at point

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of pincer was in the 14th century
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