wire cutter

noun

any of various devices designed to cut wire.

Origin of wire cutter

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby wire cutter

wipo, wiradjuri, wire, wire brush, wire cloth, wire cutter, wire entanglement, wire fraud, wire gauge, wire gauze, wire glass

Example sentences from the Web for wire cutter

  • Someone has been at work with a wire-cutter outside the house!

    Tales of Chinatown |Sax Rohmer

  • Remember, he had no wire-cutter; nothing but his bare hands.

    Greenmantle |John Buchan

  • The American victory was a triumph of the bomb and the rifle, and perhaps the wire-cutter should be added, over the machine-gun.

    Our Army at the Front |Heywood Broun