tweeze

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tweez]
- /twiz/
- /twˈiːz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tweez]
- /twiz/

Definitions of tweeze word

verb with object tweeze to pluck, as with tweezers. 1
verb tweeze to take hold of or pluck (hair, small objects, etc) with or as if with tweezers 0
verb transitive tweeze to pluck with or as with tweezers 0

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Origin of tweeze

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45; back formation from tweezers

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Parts of speech for Tweeze

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tweeze

tweeze popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

tweeze usage trend in Literature

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