Definitions for pinchers

pinchers pinch·er

Spelling: [pin-cher]
IPA: /ˈpɪn tʃər/

Pinchers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 347 anagrams from letters in pinchers (cehinprs).

Definitions for pinchers

noun

  1. a person or thing that pinches.
  2. pinchers, (usually used with a plural verb) pincers.
  3. a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
  4. Zoology. a grasping organ or pair of organs resembling this, as the claw of a lobster.

Origin of pinchers

1400-50; late Middle English pynchar niggard. See pinch, -er2

Examples for pinchers

Then, by twisting his pinchers round and round, he would try to attach the hose to the sunken submarine.

The said pinchers are made to grip and loose the rope as required.

From seven to eight the pinchers are noticeably worn; from eight to nine the middle pairs, and by ten years the corner teeth.

He made some of these by hand with the aid of pinchers and hammer.

They had to be took out with a pinchers or they'd 'a' sewed his skin on to a barn door.

Then with pinchers suddenly immerse in a second trough of cold water, supporting one end above the water level.

It simply felt like being tied down by three strong men armed with pinchers.

There was the hose and screwcap, and there were his pinchers.

It looked as though an iron hand had grasped it like a pair of pinchers.

pinchers with flat jaws used for straightening bands by nipping up the leather after it is in place.

Word Value for pinchers
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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