tweezer

noun

twee·​zer ˈtwē-zər 

: tweezers

Examples of tweezer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The other approach uses arrays of tightly focused laser beams, called optical tweezers, to trap neutral atoms. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

Held by a pair of tweezers, one of thousands of mosquitos trapped by Los Angeles County Vector Control officers at their lab in Lakewood where they are catagorized and shipped to a lab at UC Davis to be tested for West Nile Virus on 07/27/2004. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

With one gentle squeeze of a tweezer or lash applicator, they’re secured in place all day and look completely, utterly natural. — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Behind a huge picture window, a group of women in black caps were plucking bones from anchovies one by one with tweezers. — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tweezer

• freezer
• geezer
• teaser
• ebenezer