You can see in a dictionary that "pliers" is a plural noun (like scissors). But it isn't a verb.

The usual verb would be "grip". But pliers can also be used to "hold", "cut", "clip", "squeeze", "fold" and so on. You can do more than one thing with pliers!

"Pinch" is usually used of skin, you might pinch your finger with pliers by accident, but not usually on purpose, "tweeze" is a back form from "tweezers" (and means "use tweezers", not pliers). "Slam" means "whack" or "hit", that's not right at all.

The origin of pliers is from "to ply" meaning "to fold" Originally their purpose was to fold metal wires or bars, but this is not common now.

You can see in a dictionary that "pliers" is a plural noun (like scissors). But it isn't a verb.

The usual verb would be "grip". But pliers can also be used to "hold", "cut", "clip", "squeeze", "fold" and so on. You can do more than one thing with pliers!

"Pinch" is usually used of skin, you might pinch your finger with pliers by accident, but not usually on purpose, "tweeze" is a back form from "tweezers" (and means "use tweezers", not pliers). "Pince" is non-standard (probably a back-form from pincer), the standard verb there is "pinch". "Slam" means "whack" or "hit", that's not right at all.

The origin of pliers is from "to ply" meaning "to fold" Originally their purpose was to fold metal wires or bars, but this is not common now.