Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for pliers, wrenches, and clamps that can be locked at a set position.
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Examples
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For a weighted-keel tie-off, use a propane torch to heat a fence staple held in a Vise-Grip until red-hot.
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Turner, a single mother who raised her four children on her Vise-Grip paychecks, is studying to become a licensed practical nurse.
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Turner, a single mother who raised her four children on her Vise-Grip paychecks, is studying to become a licensed practical nurse.
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Even an electric upright bass is a very physical instrument I'm not even going to discuss the physicality of an acoustic double bass except to say that the professional double bass players I know tend to have handshakes that resemble Vise-Grip wrenches: by comparison, playing my Chapman Stick is almost completely detached physically: I don't have to wrestle with it to play.
Phasmatodea flashback Sunday badger 2004
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Memo to self: shake hands before the show: the drummer was pumped from playing two hours and his handshake after the show was like a Vise-Grip wrapped in friction tape.
That1Guy + Drums&Tuba badger 2003
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There are two basic fit-everything tools: a monkey wrench with adjustable jaws and a locking pliers, best known by the Irwin Tools trade name Vise-Grip.
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There are two basic fit-everything tools: a monkey wrench with adjustable jaws and a locking pliers, best known by the Irwin Tools trade name Vise-Grip.
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Examples of manufacturing plant closings since late 2008 include the 300-employee Irwin Industrial Tool plant in DeWitt, which made Vise-Grip locking pliers, and the Powermate plant in Kearney that employed 200 people.
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Stephen Harper is an autocrat who keeps a Vise-Grip on power, bullies his opponents and runs roughshod over democratic traditions.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Bob Plamondon 2010
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Small pair of locking pliers (a brand name is Vise-Grip)
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