Meaning of Scissors | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
   countable, plural, plural-only, usually
2. A type of defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving repeatedly turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker in order to force them to overshoot.
   plural, plural-only, uncountable
3. An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
   countable, plural, plural-only
4. An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
   countable, plural, plural-only
5. A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
   countable, plural, plural-only
6. An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
   countable, plural, plural-only
7. A scissors hold.
   countable, plural, plural-only
8. A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: shears”

“Those scissors are sharp.”

“That scissors is sharp.”

“Scissors are used to cut the flowers.”

“Use scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.”

“Roses will last longer if a knife rather than a scissors is used to cut the blooms.”

“They executed a perfect scissors.”

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