plier

noun

Etymology

From ply + -er.

  1. derived from plico
  2. derived from ploiier
  3. derived from plier
  4. derived from plier
  5. inherited from plīen
  6. suffixed as plier — “ply + er

Definitions

  1. One who plies.

  2. Attributive form of pliers.

    • a 3-piece plier kit

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for plier. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA