tweezing

Verb

tweeze (third-person singular simple present tweezes, present participle tweezing, simple past and past participle tweezed)

1. (transitive) To pluck or grasp using tweezers.
   • Stamp-men tweeze their treasures to avoid smudging, wear, tear; to hold them up to the light or pick them out of benzine baths in search of watermarks.1929 September 2, “Philatelists”, in Time
2. (transitive) To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers.
   • Here Mrs. Lawrence had smiled to soften the anxiety of her blue eyes under their frowning, carefully tweezed brows.1950, Anya Seton, chapter 1, in Foxfire, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 4
3. (intransitive) To pluck out hairs using tweezers.
   • Word to the wise: if you must tweeze solo, stick to plucking only the obvious stray hairs.2012 November 16, Adriana Ermter, “How to get the perfect eyebrows: Four reasons to enlist a professional”, in Chatelaine