Meanings
alternative tinsnips
- pluralplural onlyLarge, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
This bend eliminates unsightly waviness that often develops as you cut the copper with a tin snips.
2004 October 24, Tim Carter, “Ask the Builder”, in Telegraph Herald, Iowa, USA, retrieved 28 Jun 2012, page 5E2 more examples
My husband spent the next day inside the plane, cutting out an unused gasoline tank, piece by piece, with tin snips.
1934 August 30, “A Fast-Moving Narrative”, in New York Times, Books Section, p. 21If you plan to do much work sheet metal, a pair of curved-blade tin snips will save wear and tear on your nerves in the long run.
1957 May 4, “Curved-Blade Snips”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 28 Jun 2012, page 23Synonyms: tinner snips, tinner's snips
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLarge, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
Translations
Catalan tisores de xapa, tisores de llauna
- tisores de xapaTranslations
- tisores de llaunaTranslations
Dutch blikschaar
- blikschaarTranslations
Finnish peltisakset
- peltisaksetTranslations
French cisailles, cisaille à tole
- cisaillesTranslations
- cisaille à toleTranslations
German Blechschere
- BlechschereTranslations
Italian cesoia, cesoie
- cesoiaTranslations
- cesoieTranslations
- cesoie per lamieraTranslations
Portuguese tesoura corta chapa, tesouras corta chapa
- tesoura corta chapaTranslations
- tesouras corta chapaTranslations
- cisalhaTranslations
Russian но́жницы для ре́зки листово́го мета́лла
- но́жницы для ре́зки листово́го мета́лла (nóžnicy dlja rézki listovóvo metálla)Translations
Spanish tijeras de hojalatero, tijeras cortachapas
- tijeras de hojalateroTranslations
- tijeras cortachapasTranslations
- cizallaTranslations
Swedish plåtsax
- plåtsaxTranslations
Cite this entry
tin snips. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tin%20snips
“tin snips.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tin%20snips. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tin snips,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tin%20snips.
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