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Definitions for Tweezers
[1] small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.
[2] tweezers.
[3] a small pincer-like instrument for handling small objects, plucking out hairs, etc Also called: pair of tweezers , (esp US) tweezer
Words nearby Tweezers
tweeps, tweet, tweeter, tweeze, tweezer, tweezers, twelfth, twelfth amendment, twelfth cranial nerve, twelfth day, twelfth man
Origin of Tweezers
1645–55; plural of tweezer, equivalent to obsolete tweeze case of surgical instruments (aphetic form of earlier etweese < French étuis, plural of étui, noun derivative of Old French étuier to keep < Latin stūdiāre to care for) + -er1
Word origin for Tweezers
C17: plural of tweezer (on the model of scissors , etc), from tweeze case of instruments, from French étuis cases (of instruments), from Old French estuier to preserve, from Vulgar Latin studiāre (unattested) to keep, from Latin studēre to care about