pincer
/ˈpɪnsər/
noun
- A claw-like part of an animal, such as a crab or scorpion, used for gripping or pinching.
- The lobster's pincers are strong enough to crack a shell.
- The crab raised its pincers to defend itself.
- A scorpion uses its pincers to catch prey.
- A tool with two movable arms that close together to grip or cut something, like pliers or tweezers.
- He used a pincer to pull out the splinter.
- The jeweler's pincers are very small and precise.
- She grabbed the hot wire with a pair of pincers.
- A military or strategic movement in which forces attack from two sides at once, trapping the enemy in the middle.
- The chess player used a pincer strategy to trap the opponent's king.
- The general ordered a pincer attack from the north and south.
- The army executed a pincer movement to surround the enemy camp.