Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grasping tool having two parts hinged together to work in opposition.
- noun One of the opposing parts in such a tool.
- noun A claw resembling such a tool, as of a lobster or scorpion; a chela.
- noun A pair of mandibles or other appendages used by certain arthropods for grasping, as the cerci of an earwig.
- noun A military maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from two flanks and the front.
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- noun any object that resembles one half of a pair of
pincers - adjective See
pincer attack
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
- noun a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In military tactics, I think that would be called a pincer maneuver by M&M and vS.
Sir Humphrey and the Boehlert Questions « Climate Audit 2006
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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.
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So Obama has created a kind of pincer attack on Social Security.
Robert Kuttner: Social Security: The Coming Cave-in Robert Kuttner 2010
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So Obama has created a kind of pincer attack on Social Security.
Robert Kuttner: Social Security: The Coming Cave-in Robert Kuttner 2010
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So Obama has created a kind of pincer attack on Social Security.
Robert Kuttner: Social Security: The Coming Cave-in Robert Kuttner 2010
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So Obama has created a kind of pincer attack on Social Security.
Robert Kuttner: Social Security: The Coming Cave-in Robert Kuttner 2010
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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:
Conservative Mag Smacks Romney For Pro-Gay-Rights Comments 2009
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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.
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So Obama has created a kind of pincer attack on Social Security.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Robert Kuttner 2010
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He has two types of impingement, a "pincer" and a "cam," and Philippon will only repair the pincer impingement in tomorrow's procedure.
unknown title 2009
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