pinchers
Lobster's gripping appendages
Pinchers is a variant spelling of pincers, referring to a gripping tool with two pivoted jaws used for grasping, pulling, or cutting.
The term also describes the claw-like appendages of crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters, or insects like earwigs.
The mechanic grabbed the pinchers to pull out the stubborn nail.
Though some consider pinchers informal or dialectal, it appears frequently in everyday speech and writing.
Hinged metal gripping tool
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- forcepsMedical grasping instrument
- nippersGripping or cutting implements
- tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument
snips · crimpers · multitool · grippers · clippers · shears · cutters · jaws
Curved animal nail
- lobsterLarge marine shellfish
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
- crawfishSmall freshwater lobster relative
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
decapod · chelae · nipper · carapace · exoskeleton · chitin · molting · arthropod
pliers
Hinged metal gripping tool
tweezers · snips · crimpers · multitool · grippers · clippers · shears · cutters · jaws · spring-loaded
claw
Curved animal nail
shrimp · decapod · chelae · nipper · carapace · exoskeleton · chitin · molting · arthropod · shellfish
grasp
Seize or understand
hold · clasp · squeeze · compress · crush · constrict · tighten · pressure · nip · catch
lobster
Large marine shellfish
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
- crawfishSmall freshwater lobster relative
- langoustineSmall clawed crustacean
- grippersclaw, claws, gripper, grippers, grabber
- gripping toolspliers, forceps, combination pliers, clamp, clamps
- Lobsterlobster tail, lobster bisque, lobster thermidor, Maine lobster, spiny lobster
pinchersspreaders
Things that disp
openers · separators · expanders · retractors · wedges
- penny pincherExcessively frugal person
- pinched nerveCompressed neural tissue
- pinches offConstricts to sever
- pinched offSqueezed to detach
- pinched outExtinguished by compression