Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To handle or extract with tweezers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A surgeons' case of instruments.
- noun plural Same as
tweezers , 1.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To use
tweezers to pluck something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb pluck with tweezers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aside from the obnoxious use of "tweeze" and the clearly inaccurate characterization of Women's Space being "committed to a level of diversity found on few white, nondisabled feminist blogs" I stand by my rationale.
Eyes on whose prize, part 2 Kay Olson 2007
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Aside from the obnoxious use of "tweeze" and the clearly inaccurate characterization of Women's Space being "committed to a level of diversity found on few white, nondisabled feminist blogs" I stand by my rationale.
Archive 2007-01-01 Kay Olson 2007
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Is she afraid I'll try to tweeze Zachary Quinto's eyebrows?
Erica Abeel: Notes From Under the Red Carpet at the Gotham Awards Erica Abeel 2011
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After five aggravating minutes, with my son growing impatient, I finally manage to tweeze a leg... and then the leg pops off.
Julie Genovese: Control Freaks and Crickets: When to Relax and Let Go Julie Genovese 2011
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Is she afraid I'll try to tweeze Zachary Quinto's eyebrows?
Erica Abeel: Notes From Under the Red Carpet at the Gotham Awards Erica Abeel 2011
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Either get a professional wax or tweeze, or tweeze them yourself working from the bottom of the brow, never the top in very bright light.
The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011
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Check entire body for zits, tweeze unwanted hairs.
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Either get a professional wax or tweeze, or tweeze them yourself working from the bottom of the brow, never the top in very bright light.
The Mommy Diet Alison J. Sweeney 2011
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She also lined her meds across her desk and would tweeze long hairs from her chin during working hours.
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This time she took a lot longer than a minute, but I had no desire whatsoever to tweeze my eyebrows.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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