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1. ((used with a sing. or pl. v.)) tweezers
small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.
Etymology: (1645–55; pl. of tweezer= obs. tweeze case of surgical instruments (aph. form of earlier etweese < F étuis, pl. of étui, n. der. of étuier to keep < L stūdiāre to care for) + -er1)
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1. (noun) tweezers
a small tool for picking up or pulling tiny objects
He used tweezers to remove the sliver of wood.
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1. tweezers
small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes
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Sense: a tool for gripping or pulling hairs, small objects etc
She used a pair of tweezers to pluck her eyebrows.
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 Afrikaans: tangetjie |
 Arabic: مِلْقاط صَغير للشَّعْر |
 Bulgarian: пинсети |
 Brazilian: pinça pequena |
 Czech: pinzeta |
 German: die Pinzette |
 Danish: pincet |
 Greek: τσιμπιδάκι |
 Spanish: pinzas |
 Estonian: pintsetid |
 Farsi: موچین |
 Finnish: pinsetit |
 French: pincesà épiler |
 Hebrew: מַלקֵט, פִּינצֶטָה |
 Hindi: चिमटी |
 Croatian: pinceta |
 Hungarian: csipesz |
 Indonesian: catut |
 Icelandic: (flísa)töng, augnabrúnapl |
 Italian: pinzette |
 Japanese: ピンセット |
 Korean: 핀셋 |
 Lithuanian: pincetas,žnybtuvai |
 Latvian: pincete |
 Malay: penyepit kecil |
 Dutch: pincet |
 Norwegian: pinsett |
 Polish: pinceta |
 Persian: موچین |
 Pashto: ویښته نیونکی ، موی چینک |
 Portuguese: pinça |
 Romanian: pensetă |
 Russian: пинцет |
 Slovak: pinzeta |
 Slovenian: pinceta |
 Serbian: pinceta |
 Swedish: pincett |
 Thai: แหนบ |
 Turkish: cımbız |
 Taiwanese: 鑷子 |
 Ukrainian: щипчики; пінцет |
 Urdu: چمٹي |
 Vietnamese: cái nhíp |
 Chinese: 镊子 |
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