tweeze
[ tweez ]
/ twiz /
verb (used with object), tweezed, tweez·ing.
to pluck, as with tweezers.
Origin of tweeze
First recorded in 1940–45; back formation from
tweezers
Words nearby tweeze
tweenager,
tweeny,
tweeps,
tweet,
tweeter,
tweeze,
tweezer,
tweezers,
twelfth,
twelfth amendment,
twelfth cranial nerve
British Dictionary definitions for tweeze
tweeze
/ (twiːz) /
verb
mainly US
to take hold of or pluck (hair, small objects, etc) with or as if with tweezers
Word Origin for tweeze
C17: back formation from
tweezers