Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An object resembling one of the grasping parts of a set of pincers.
- n. A maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from two flanks and the front.
Wiktionary
- n. any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers
- adj. See pincer attack
WordNet 3.0
- n. a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
- n. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
Examples
“In military tactics, I think that would be called a pincer maneuver by M&M and vS.”
“Therefore, the spell mechanics may only be in the service of channeling the Earth's creation (?) energy so that it can be one side of the "pincer" holding Krona in place.”
“So Obama has created a kind of pincer attack on Social Security.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Kuttner: Social Security: The Coming Cave-in
“Interestingly, the Spectator notes that Romney's move to the right on gay marriage has left him caught in a kind of pincer movement between left wing activists and denizens of the religious right:”
“In a parallel 'pincer' front, as the media are being cleaned out and cleared up, be bringing the charges and indictments against bureaucrats and officials, elected and appointed during, and part of, the Bushbutchery atrocity.”
“And ultimately it was that sort of "pincer" that collapsed the meeting.”
“Mr. Fortia and rebel commanders who accompanied him said they their goal was now to take control of Tripoli through a pincer move with offensives launched by both Misrata and the Nafousa rebel groups.”
The Wall Street Journal: Libyan Opposition Leaders Ask Sarkozy for Help
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘pincer’.
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
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Airborn
Words and phrases from Kenneth Oppel's book, Airborn.
running lights, starboard, bow, gondola, bullhorn, rudder man, gas cell, keel, catwalk, stern, cargo bay, machinist and 152 more...
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NTDW1
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
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JJMARLETTE's Words
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the Island of the Day Before
phoebus, promontory, succor, indite, sickle, cerulean, tenebrous, specter, bastion, clemency, miasma, nocturlabe and 112 more...
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Underworld
Don DeLillo
roily, reverie, slidy, bandido, mohair, brilliantine, stupe, juke step, jowly, juke, wicket, quidbit and 391 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
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list
hip-shot, hypertrophied, Brewster's angle, hirsute, proffer, presbyopic, aloft, pincer, ideogram, Dennis Gabor, Holography, leonine and 2 more...
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Words I like
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