Scissors

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

72 more languages

Afrikaansskêr

العربيةالمقصمقراضمقص

Azərbaycan diliqayçı

Беларускаянажніцынажні́чкі

Българскино́жицаножици

বাংলাকাঁচি

Bosanskimakazemakazicenožiceškareмаказеножицаножицешкаре+ 5 more

Catalàtisores

Češtinanožíkynůžky

Cymraegsiswrn

Dansksaks

Ελληνικάψαλίδι

Esperantotondilo

Eestikäärid

Euskaraguraize

Suomipihtisakset

Gaeilgesiosúr

Galegotesoiratesoiras

ગુજરાતીકાતરકેંચી

Hausaalmakashi

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiʻūpā

עבריתמספרייםמספרים

हिन्दीकतरनीकैंची

Hrvatskimakazemakazicenožiceškareмаказеножицаножицешкаре+ 5 more

Magyarolló

Հայերենմկրատ

Bahasa Indonesiagunting

Íslenskaskæri

Italianoforbici

日本語チョキ剪刀蟹鋏+ 1 more

ქართულიმაკრატელი

Қазақ тіліқайшы

ភាសាខ្មែរកន្ត្រៃ

한국어가새가시개가우가위강애+ 2 more

Kurdîşaxsaxşkêr

Кыргызчакайчы

Latinaaxiciaforfex

LëtzebuergeschSchéier

Lingálamakasisizó

ລາວມີດຕະໄກມີດຕັດ

Lietuviųžirklės

Latviešugrieznesšķēres

Te Reo Māorikutikuti

Македонскиножици

മലയാളംകത്രിക

Монголхайч

Bahasa Melayugunting

Maltimqass

မြန်မာကတ်ကြေး

Nederlandsschaar

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਕੈਂਚੀ

Polskinożycenożyczki

Portuguêstesoura

Românăfoarfecăfoarfece

Русскийножницы

සිංහලකතුර

Slovenčinanožnice

Slovenščinaškarje

Shqipgërshërë

Српскиmakazemakazicenožiceškareмаказеножицаножицешкаре+ 5 more

Svenskasax

Kiswahilimikasimkasi

தமிழ்கத்தரிக்கோல்கத்திரி

తెలుగుకత్తెర

ไทยกรรไกร

ትግርኛመቐዝ

Tagaloggunting

Türkçemakassındı

Українськаножиці

اردوقینچی

O'zbekchaqaychi

Tiếng Việtkeokéo

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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