tweezers

American  

[twee-zerz] / ˈtwi zərz /

tweezer

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.

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tweezers British  

/ ˈtwiːzəz /

plural noun

1. Also called: pair of tweezers.   tweezer.  a small pincer-like instrument for handling small objects, plucking out hairs, etc

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Etymology

Origin of tweezers

First recorded in 1645–55; plural of tweezer, equivalent to obsolete tweeze “case of surgical instruments” (aphetic form of earlier etweese, from French étuis, plural of étui, noun derivative of Old French étuier “to keep,” from Latin stūdiāre “to care for”) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

These "optical tweezers" keep drifting aerosols suspended long enough to study them.

From Science Daily

She lifts it with tweezers and shows how easily it can be placed in the microscope.

From Science Daily

If a tick has burrowed into your skin - it must be removed as soon as possible using a tick tool or tweezers.

From BBC

With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot.

From BBC

It has tweezers, whatever backgrounds I’m working with and cutting tools that are usually ballpoint pens that have run out of ink.

From Los Angeles Times