adjustable pliers

English

An adjustable pliers

Noun

adjustable pliers pl (plural only)

1. A type of pliers used by plumbers that can be quickly changed in size and is primarily used for tightening nuts on water pipes.

Synonyms

• Channellocks
• tongue-and-groove pliers
• water pump pliers
• groove-joint pliers

Coordinate terms

• plier wrenches
• pipe wrench, Stillson wrench
• plumber wrench, Swedish wrench

Translations

a type of pliers

• Danish: papegøjenæb (da), papegøjetang (da), polygriptang, vandpumpetang
• Dutch: waterpomptang (nl) f
• Finnish: siirtoleukapihdit
• French: pince multiprise (fr) f, pince multiple f, pince becro f
• German: Wasserpumpenzange (de) f
• Italian: pinza a pappagallo f, pinza regolabile f
• Spanish: pico de loro m, picoloro m, alicates extensibles m pl
• Swedish: polygrip (sv)
• Ukrainian: переставні кліщі (perestavni klišči)