pliers
nounmasculine/ɐliˈkat(ɨ)/medium
a·li·ca·te
Definition
A hand tool with two pivoted jaws, used for holding, twisting, cutting, or gripping objects, especially wires and small parts.
He used a pair of pliers to bend the metal wire.
You need cutting pliers for this electrical job.
Common collocations
pair of plierscutting pliersneedle-nose plierselectrician's pliers
Etymology
Do árabe al-laqqāṭ ('o que apanha, o que prende').