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[BMO]

What is a pincher, a lobster or its claw? And pinchers = pincers?

Thanks.

bmo

[advoca]

Strictly speaking, I do not think there is such a word as a pincher. However, I have heard it used about men who like to pinch girls' bottoms. They could be described as pinchers.

If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.
She pinched his arm as hard as she could.
We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.
That horrible man pinched my bottom!


Pincers consist of two pieces of metal that are hinged in the middle. They are used as a tool for gripping things or for pulling things out.
His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers.

The pincers of an animal such as a crab or a lobster are its front claws.

[BMO]

Thanks a lot.

bmo