tweeze

verb

tweezed; tweezing

transitive verb

: to pluck, remove, or handle with tweezers

Examples of tweeze in a Sentence

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This discovery led me down a rabbit hole of at-home hair removal methods, including waxing, tweezing, dermaplaning, and epilating. Ariel Wodarcyk, Glamour, 16 May 2025 This double-sided mirror, which has three light modes and a side with 10x magnification — a must for tweezing brows and making sure your makeup is blended. Isabel Garcia, People.com, 10 May 2025 Little Dog’s grandmother Lan enlists him to tweeze out her gray hairs, rewarding him with rambling myths and fables. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025 The current state of his ’stache, more tweezed than Hughes’s rebellious bushy caterpillar, is owed to that role. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tweeze

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from tweezers

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tweeze was in 1932

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“Tweeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweeze. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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