tweeze

verb

tweezed; tweezing

transitive verb

: to pluck, remove, or handle with tweezers

Examples of tweeze in a Sentence

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Little Dog’s grandmother Lan enlists him to tweeze out her gray hairs, rewarding him with rambling myths and fables. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025 The current state of his ’stache, more tweezed than Hughes’s rebellious bushy caterpillar, is owed to that role. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024 The four images O’Connell posted included a screenshot of a user criticizing his untrimmed eyebrows, apparently prompting him to enlist his wife’s help in tweezing them beyond recognition. Jack Smart, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 Alternate tweezing hairs from one side to the other side, little by little. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for tweeze

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from tweezers

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tweeze was in 1932

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“Tweeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweeze. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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