scissors
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.
Example
“Those scissors are sharp.”
Other meanings
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.
An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
Synonyms
- pair of scissors
A kind of
- edge tool
- compound lever
Related words
- agrarian scissors
- dummy scissors
- pizza scissors
- elbow scissors
- grafting scissors
- Mayo scissors
- Metzenbaum scissors
- nail scissors
- paper scissors stone
- price scissors
- rock paper scissors
- run with scissors
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "cīsōria".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “scissors” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.