A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws.

synonyms: pair of pliers, plyers.

Roget 781: retention; retaining etc. v.; keep, detention, custody; tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip.    fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum; bond etc. (vinculum) 45.    clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice.    paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf^†, neif^†.    bird in hand; captive etc. 754.    ... show more

Roget 301: extraction; extracting etc. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution.    evulsion^†, avulsion^†; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection etc. 297; export etc. (egress) 295.    extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers.    ... show more

Dutch: tang
Polish: kombinerki