Meanings
nounwire cutters pl (normally plural, singular wire cutters)
- pluralplural normallyA hand tool resembling pliers, intended for cutting wires.
Synonyms: diagonal cutters, diagonal pliers, diags, dikes, side cutters
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hand tool resembling pliers, intended for cutting wires.
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Translations
Arabic قَاطِعُ الْأَسْلَاك
- قَاطِعُ الْأَسْلَاك (qāṭiʕu l-ʔaslāk)hand tool
Czech štípací kleště, štipky
- štípací kleštěhand tool
- štipkyhand tool
Dutch draadschaar
- draadschaarhand tool
Finnish sivuleikkurit
- sivuleikkurithand tool
French pince coupante
- pince coupantehand tool
German Seitenschneider
- Seitenschneiderhand tool
Greek κόφτης
- κόφτης (kóftis)hand tool
Italian tronchese, tronchese a taglio laterale
- tronchesehand tool
- tronchese a taglio lateralehand tool
Japanese ニッパー
- ニッパー (nippā)hand tool
Portuguese alicate de corte diagonal
- alicate de corte diagonalhand tool
Russian куса́чки
- куса́чки (kusáčki)hand tool
Spanish cortaalambres, alicates de corte
- cortaalambreshand tool
- alicates de cortehand tool
- alicates de corte lateralhand tool
Swedish sidavbitare, avbitartång
- sidavbitarehand tool
- avbitartånghand tool
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wire cutters. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20cutters
MLA
“wire cutters.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20cutters. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wire cutters,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20cutters.
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