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tin snips

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tisores de xapa — Translations
  • Catalan: tisores de llauna — Translations
  • Dutch: blikschaar — Translations
  • Finnish: peltisakset — Translations
  • French: cisailles — Translations
  • French: cisaille à tole — Translations
  • German: Blechschere — Translations
  • Italian: cesoia — Translations
  • Italian: cesoie — Translations
  • Italian: cesoie per lamiera — Translations
  • Plautdietsch: Blajchschea — Translations
  • Portuguese: tesoura corta chapa — Translations
  • Portuguese: tesouras corta chapa — Translations
  • Portuguese: cisalha — Translations
  • Russian: но́жницы для ре́зки листово́го мета́лла (nóžnicy dlja rézki listovóvo metálla) — Translations
  • Spanish: tijeras de hojalatero — Translations
  • Spanish: tijeras cortachapas — Translations
  • Spanish: cizalla — Translations
  • Swedish: plåtsax — Translations