pincers /ˈpɪnsəɹz/ noun[plural only]2 •A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers. — 1936 •The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters. formspinchers