Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively, sometimes)To surround with a pincer attack.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The crab's pincers tightened around my wrist.

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  2. Scorpions have large pincers.

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  3. Off the shores of Newfoundland, Canada, an ecosystem is unraveling at the hands (or pincers) of an invasive crab.

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Origin

From Middle English pynsor, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”).

From Middle English pynsor, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”).

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Forms

pincers, pincering, pincered, pincered
Base formpincer · to pincer
3rd person singularpincers
Present participlepincering
Past simplepincered
Past participlepincered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypincer
he, she, itpincers

Past simpleLesson

all personspincered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pincered
he, she, ithas pincered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pincer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pinB2pinballpinchpincherpineB2
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