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

He used extra-long tweezers to place microgreens on a plate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

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 • May 16, 2025

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 • Mar. 28, 2025

The secret is found in acoustic energy emitters that Tian's team uses to surround and capture particles, working like invisible tweezers.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Coal took an early shower and contorted himself trying to extract the splinters from hard-to-reach places with a pair of tweezers.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste