Usually means: Tool or part for grasping.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. pincer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pincer: Merriam-Webster
  3. pincer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pincer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pincer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pincer: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pincer, pincer: Wordnik
  8. pincer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pincer: Wiktionary
  10. pincer: Dictionary.com
  11. Pincer (biology), Pincer (tool), Pincer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. pincer: Rhymezone
  13. pincer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. pincer: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pincer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. pincer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pincer: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pincer: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pincerlike as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
verb:  (transitive, sometimes figurative) To surround with a pincer attack.

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