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चिमटा — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • forceps noun A pincer-like instrument used by doctors and surgeons to grip and hold things.
  • tong noun A gripping tool with two hinged arms, used to pick up or hold something (usually hot or awkward) without touching it directly.
  • tongs noun A tool with two hinged arms used for gripping and lifting objects without touching them by hand.

Senses

चिमटा is used for these senses in English:

tong — full definition

  1. noun A gripping tool with two hinged arms, used to pick up or hold something (usually hot or awkward) without touching it directly.
  2. verb To pick up, move, or handle something with tongs.
  3. noun A Chinese-American community or family association, historically often organized around a shared clan name or hometown.
  4. noun Historically, a Chinese secret society or organized crime group, especially one active in North American Chinatowns in the 19th and early 20th centuries.