Tweezers
noun
A tool used to pick up or hold small objects.
She used tweezers to pluck her eyebrows.
Often appears as...
- use tweezers
- pair of tweezers
noun
A tool used by surgeons to remove or handle tissues.
The surgeon used tweezers to remove the foreign object from the patient's wound.
Often appears as...
- surgical tweezers
- use tweezers
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A tool used to pick up or hold small objects.
She used tweezers to pluck her eyebrows.
Often appears as...
- use tweezers
- pair of tweezers
noun
A tool used by surgeons to remove or handle tissues.
The surgeon used tweezers to remove the foreign object from the patient's wound.
Often appears as...
- surgical tweezers
- use tweezers
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Common use
Often found in personal grooming kits to shape eyebrows or remove hairs.
He found a pair of tweezers in the grooming kit.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision tasks
Perfect for delicate tasks requiring careful handling, like crafts or electronics.
She used tweezers to place the tiny beads on the bracelet.
Pro Tip 3/3Plural noun
Even if it looks like a single tool, 'tweezers' is always treated as a plural noun.
The tweezers are on the table.
Pro Tip 1/3Common use
Often found in personal grooming kits to shape eyebrows or remove hairs.
He found a pair of tweezers in the grooming kit.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision tasks
Perfect for delicate tasks requiring careful handling, like crafts or electronics.
She used tweezers to place the tiny beads on the bracelet.
Pro Tip 3/3Plural noun
Even if it looks like a single tool, 'tweezers' is always treated as a plural noun.
The tweezers are on the table.
Pro Tip 1/3Common use
Often found in personal grooming kits to shape eyebrows or remove hairs.
He found a pair of tweezers in the grooming kit.
Pro Tip 2/3Precision tasks
Perfect for delicate tasks requiring careful handling, like crafts or electronics.
She used tweezers to place the tiny beads on the bracelet.
Pro Tip 3/3Plural noun
Even if it looks like a single tool, 'tweezers' is always treated as a plural noun.
The tweezers are on the table.
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Meet the microscopic...
your home, the place you know better than anywhere else. And so I and teams of others are armed with Q-tips and tweezers and advanced DNA techniques to uncover the microscopic life nearest us.
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and even move objects around in precise patterns. People would call these things "acoustic tweezers," actually. So this is amazing. But my ambition is to levitate something a bit bigger.
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Meet the microscopic...
your home, the place you know better than anywhere else. And so I and teams of others are armed with Q-tips and tweezers and advanced DNA techniques to uncover the microscopic life nearest us.
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
and even move objects around in precise patterns. People would call these things "acoustic tweezers," actually. So this is amazing. But my ambition is to levitate something a bit bigger.
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Quote examples
Rita Ora
British Musician
Eyebrows are really important because they structure the face. In school it was funny because I was always the one walking around with tweezers plucking my girlfriends' eyebrows. I was really good; eyebrow tweezing runs in my family - my mother used to do mine, and I picked it up.
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Victoria Coren Mitchell
English Writer
Nature made your eyebrows like that for a reason. I don't know the reason. Some people say it's to do with keeping rain out of monkeys' eyes. Whatever. The point is, if you try to redesign your eyebrows with tweezers and pens, it will look terrible.
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Dylan McDermott
American Actor
Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare.
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Mary Gauthier
American Musician
Melody's like tweezers that go into the infection and pull out the wounded part. You can almost not stay silent in the face of a melody that matches your emotion. You feel seen.
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Elise Stefanik
American Politician
If you see a tick on your body, be sure to remove it immediately. Use tweezers to pull the tick's body away from your skin, being careful not to crush the tick's body.
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Sufe Bradshaw
American Actress
A handy pair of tweezers go a long way. You never know when you're going to have to pluck out a few of those eyebrow hairs. Keep the tweezers in the purse!
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Anastasia Soare
Romanian Businesswoman
A great pair of tweezers should feel like they are vibrating as if they have a spring. If the tweezers don't do that, they won't work well at all.
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Cara Delevingne
English Model
I'm quite surprised that nobody has asked me to do my own line of tweezers. I totally would love to do that. Or, like, mascara. Cara's Mascara!
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La La Anthony
American Entertainer
I think I've gotten really good at putting on lashes. I can do it with my hand while people need tweezers or something to put them on.
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Lauren Conrad
American Designer
You don't want a slob, but you don't want a guy who is constantly borrowing your tweezers.
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Rita Ora
British Musician
Eyebrows are really important because they structure the face. In school it was funny because I was always the one walking around with tweezers plucking my girlfriends' eyebrows. I was really good; eyebrow tweezing runs in my family - my mother used to do mine, and I picked it up.
Quote examples
Victoria Coren Mitchell
English Writer
Nature made your eyebrows like that for a reason. I don't know the reason. Some people say it's to do with keeping rain out of monkeys' eyes. Whatever. The point is, if you try to redesign your eyebrows with tweezers and pens, it will look terrible.
Quote examples
Dylan McDermott
American Actor
Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare.
Quote examples
Mary Gauthier
American Musician
Melody's like tweezers that go into the infection and pull out the wounded part. You can almost not stay silent in the face of a melody that matches your emotion. You feel seen.
Quote examples
Elise Stefanik
American Politician
If you see a tick on your body, be sure to remove it immediately. Use tweezers to pull the tick's body away from your skin, being careful not to crush the tick's body.
Quote examples
Sufe Bradshaw
American Actress
A handy pair of tweezers go a long way. You never know when you're going to have to pluck out a few of those eyebrow hairs. Keep the tweezers in the purse!
Quote examples
Anastasia Soare
Romanian Businesswoman
A great pair of tweezers should feel like they are vibrating as if they have a spring. If the tweezers don't do that, they won't work well at all.
Quote examples
Cara Delevingne
English Model
I'm quite surprised that nobody has asked me to do my own line of tweezers. I totally would love to do that. Or, like, mascara. Cara's Mascara!
Quote examples
La La Anthony
American Entertainer
I think I've gotten really good at putting on lashes. I can do it with my hand while people need tweezers or something to put them on.
Quote examples
Lauren Conrad
American Designer
You don't want a slob, but you don't want a guy who is constantly borrowing your tweezers.
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