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