tweezer

noun

twee·​zer ˈtwē-zər How to pronounce tweezer (audio)

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The bivalves may be painstakingly placed with multiple pairs of tweezers. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025 Pro tip: when opening it for the first time, use tweezers to remove the small plastic stopper before dispensing. Martine Thompson, Essence, 5 June 2025 The full toolkit comes with a soldering iron, battery pack, and a variety of additional tools, including mandible wire strippers and flush cutters, silicone electrical tape, angled tweezers, a desoldering braid, and a silicone work mat. Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2025 Best: Use fine-tip tweezers Worst: Use your fingers or a tweezers with a wide tip Ticks are remarkably small—many are no bigger than a poppy seed, Shamoon-Pour says. Angela Haupt, Time, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tweezer

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tweezer was in 1904

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“Tweezer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweezer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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