pincerwise

English

Etymology

From pincer +‎ -wise.

Adverb

pincerwise (not comparable)

1. As if with pincers.
   • 1955, William Beebe, Adventuring with Beebe, page 142:

     […] we saw gannets plummet, guided by some sort of magical mud vision, and emerge with mulletlike prey held pincerwise.