vise
/vaɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
American usage
noun
A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.
verb
To clamp with or as with a vise.
verb
Alternative form of visé.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Clamp this loop in a strong vise and twist the two ends evenly into one piece. As the twisting progresses, move the wire along so as to keep the grip of the vise close to the hands."
- "I'd like to know what would become of us in the next ten minutes. They've got us in a vise. We're done for, Gall."
- "He looked to see the secretary, vised and crackled in those arms, drop limp and senseless."
- "Repeat this step to make the bend at the other 39-inch mark being careful that it is also at a 90° angle to the vised pipe, and also parallel to the first bend."
- "“There's my girl,” he whispered. He reached back to lift each of her legs to vise her knees under his arms."
- "I do clearly remember the last part of that conversation, because it involved Athena promising that the next time she saw me, she was going to vise my jaws open and shit down my throat."
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Derived Forms
viseless
viselike