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1. (n.) pliers
(used with a sing. or pl. v.) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (often used with pair of).
Etymology: (1560–70;
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pliers, pair of pliers, plyers
a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws
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1. (noun) pliers
a tool for holding onto and pulling small things
pliers to get the nail out of the wall
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1. pliers
a kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc
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Sense: a kind of tool used for gripping, bending or cutting wire etc
He used a pair of pliers to pull the nail out; Where are my pliers?
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 Afrikaans: tang |
 Arabic: زَرَدِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: клещи |
 Brazilian: alicate |
 Czech: kleště |
 German: die Zange |
 Danish: tang; knibtang |
 Greek: πένσα |
 Spanish: alicates, tenazas |
 Estonian: traaditangid |
 Farsi: انبردست |
 Finnish: pihdit |
 French: pince(s) |
 Hebrew: פְּלַייֶר |
 Hindi: चिमटा |
 Croatian: kliješta za žicu |
 Hungarian: (lapos)fogó |
 Indonesian: catut |
 Icelandic: (spenni)töng |
 Italian: pinze |
 Japanese: やっとこ |
 Korean: 플라이어 |
 Lithuanian: (plokščiosios) replės, pl |
 Latvian: knaibles |
 Malay: playar |
 Dutch: buigtang |
 Norwegian: tang |
 Polish: szczypce uniwersalne |
 Persian: پلاس |
 Pashto: پلاس |
 Portuguese: alicate |
 Romanian: cleşte |
 Russian: плоскогубцы |
 Slovak: kliešte |
 Slovenian: klešče |
 Serbian: klješta |
 Swedish: plattång, kniptång |
 Thai: คีม |
 Turkish: pense |
 Taiwanese: 鉗子 |
 Ukrainian: кліщі; обценьки |
 Urdu: پلائر، سنسي |
 Vietnamese: cái kìm |
 Chinese: 钳子 |
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