pincer
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈpɪnsəɹ/
Noun

pincer (plural pincers)

  1. Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
Verb

pincer (pincers, present participle pincering; past and past participle pincered)

  1. (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To surround with a pincer attack.
    • 1984, Robert Lamb, Competitive Strategic Management (page 115)
      After considering all frontal counteroffensive alternatives, Heublein rejected them as detrimental to its profits and came up with a brilliant pincering maneuver. It raised the price of Smirnoff by one dollar, effectively preventing segment diffusion, […]



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