pair of pliers
Hinged gripping tool
A pair of pliers is a hand tool with two hinged arms ending in jaws, used for gripping, bending, or cutting.
Like scissors and pants, pliers takes the singular pair of even for one tool: Hand me that pair of pliers.
In casual speech, pliers alone serves the same purpose.
- hand toolUnpowered gripped device
- tool boxPortable equipment container
- twistingRotating with distortion
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- vice gripSelf-locking adjustable pliers
squeezing · gripping · clamping · stripping · needle nose · slip joint · channel locks · jewelry making · tightening · loosening · cutting · crimping · bending · wire cutters · wire stripping · wrench · pulling · pivot