TWEEZERS

Definition: TWEEZERS

TWEEZERS

Noun plural

1. Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TWEEZERS" was first used: 1654. (references)

Note: Tweezers \Twee"zers\, plural noun. [See Tweese.]. (Websters 1913)

Dream Interpretation

Medicine

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Crosswords: TWEEZERS

Now, I've never been able to cry as an actor, so if I'm in a scene where I have to cry, I cut a hole in my pocket, take a pair of tweezers, and just start pulling. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

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References

• The World Market for Hand Saws, Files, Rasps, Pliers, Pincers, Tweezers, Metal Cutting Shears, Pipe Cutters and Similar Hand Tools: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Geoquest: A Journey Through the Rock Cycle/Kit Includes-4 Sample Minerals, Tweezers, Streak Plate, Magnifying Lens, 10 Cases, Identification Labels (reference)

• Methods in Cell Biology: Laser Tweezers in Cell Biology (Methods in Cell Biology, No 55) (reference)

• Micromanipulation by Light in Biology and Medicine: The Laser Microbeam and Optical Tweezers (reference)

• Nature Watching/Book, Tweezers, Insect Observatory, Brush, Scoop, Inspection Dish and Animal Charts (Science Action Book) (reference)

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Music

• Quantumn Tweezers (reference)

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High Tech

• Computer Tool Kit 11 Piece with pliers Wrench Scrwdrvr Tweezers (reference)

• Compucable Pocket Tool Kit W/Case 10PC W/ Driver & Bits Tweezers Ic Inserte (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Global 5-Inch Fish Bone Tweezers (reference)

• General Tools 413 Sharp Point Industrial Tweezers (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Using a differential scanning calorimeter, plant physiologist Christina Walters can detect phase-state changes of water and lipids in seeds. First she cools thin slices of seed tissues sealed in tiny aluminum pans (held in tweezers) to -170°C. The relationship she finds between a seed's water content, temperature at which its heat capacity changes, and size of the change give clues about the nature of glasses that form. Photo by Scott Bauer. Credit: USDA ARS News.

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Health

Embedded ticks should be removed using fine-tipped tweezers. (references)

In addition, a number of tick removal devices have been marketed, but none are better than a plain set of fine tipped tweezers. (references)

Use fine-tipped tweezers or shield your fingers with a tissue, paper towel, or rubber gloves (Figure 17). When possible, persons should avoid removing ticks with bare hands. (references)

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Expressions using "TWEEZERS": a pair of tweezers ♦ pair of tweezers ♦ vacuum tweezers. Additional references.

Albanian

piskatore, pincetë (tongs). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملقاط صغير, ‏ملاقيط (tongs). (various references)

Bulgarian 

пинцети (nippers). (various references)

Chinese 

镊子 (forceps). (various references)

Czech

pinzeta (pincette), kleštièky (pincette). (various references)

Danish

tang (tongs), pincet (assayer's tongs, corn tongs, dogs, forceps, pliers, spring calipers, tweezer, watchmaker's tweezers), bidetang (dogs, forceps, pliers). (various references)

Dutch

tangetje (tweezer), tang (shrew, vixen, Xanthippe), pincet (spring calipers, tweezer), labotang (assayer's tongs, corn tongs), klemhaak (cramp, dogs, forceps, pliers), klauw (claw, talon), hangtang (assayer's tongs, corn tongs). (various references)

Finnish

pinsetit (small forceps). (various references)

French

tenailles, précelles, pinces brucelles, pinces, pince fine, pince � épiler (depilating tweezers), brucelles (tweezer). (various references)

German

Pinzette (pincer, pincers, tweezers pair of). (various references)

Greek 

λαβίδα (nipper, pinchers, tongs). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלקטת (pincers, pincette), צבת (bundle of ears of corn, nippers, pincers, pliers, sheaf, tongs). (various references)

Hungarian

csipesz (clip, forceps, grapple, nipper, nippers, pair of forceps, pincers, pinchers, pliers, protractor). (various references)

Indonesian

gapit (clamp, pincers), capit, angkup-angkup (valve). (various references)

Italian

pinzette a molla (assayer's tongs, corn tongs, spring calipers), pinzetta a molla (tweezer), pinzetta (nipper), pinze (pincers, pliers), pinza (claw, nipper, pliers, tongs), molletta (clamp, clip, clothes peg, clothespin, hairgrip, hairpin, peg, pincers). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

刺抜き (forceps). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"ンセット (forceps), けぬき (nippers), と�'ぬき (forceps). (various references)

Korean 

족집게. (various references)

Manx

pijooryn beggey. (various references)

Pig Latin

eezerstway

Portuguese

pinça (claw, cochleare, crimper, crowbill, forcep, forceps, pincers, pinchers, pliers, tongs). (various references)

Romanian

pensetã (forceps, pair of tweezers, pincers, pinch). (various references)

Russian 

пинцет (forceps, pincette). (various references)

Scottish

turcais. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pinceta (pincers, pincette, tweezer), mala klešta. (various references)

Spanish

pinzas (forceps, nippers, pincers, scoop). (various references)

Swedish

pincett (pincette). (various references)

Turkish

cımbız (a pair of tweezers, nippers). (various references)

Ukrainian

пінцет (forceps, pincers, protractor). (various references)

estuier. (various references)

Misspellings

"TWEEZERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tweakers, tweeders, tweeker, tweener. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: sweeter, tweezer, tweezes.

-2 letters: etwees, rewets, tweeze, wester, zester.

-3 letters: ester, etwee, ewers, reest, resee, reset, resew, rewet, sewer, steer, stere, strew, sweer, sweet, terse, trees, trews, weest, weets, wrest.

-4 letters: erst, ewer, ewes, rees, rest, rete, rets, seer, sere, stew, tees, tews, tree, twee, weer, wees, weet, were, wert, west, wets, zees, zest.

+2 letters: westernize.

+3 letters: weatherizes, westernized, westernizes.

+5 letters: weltschmerzes.