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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.

sostantivo

  1. 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.

    Near-synonym: shears

    Those scissors are sharp.

    That scissors is sharp.

    Scissors are used to cut the flowers.

  2. 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.

  3. 3

    An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.

  4. 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.

    They executed a perfect scissors.

  5. 5

    A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.

  6. 6

    An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.

  7. 7

    A scissors hold.

  8. 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.

Etimologia

From Middle English sisours (attested since 1350–1400), from Old French cisoirs, from Late Latin cīsōria, plural of cīsōrium (“cutting tool”); from Latin word root -cīsus (compare excise) or caesus, past participle of caedō (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English sċēara (“scissors, shears”), whence shears. Doublet of chisel. The current spelling, from the 16th century, is due to association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor”), from Latin carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, from scindō (“to split”).

sostantivo

  1. 1

    Anche una forma di scissorraroplural of scissor

verbo

  1. 1

    Anche una forma di scissorraroRare form of scissor (“to cut using, or as if using, scissors”).

    She found her in the dining-room with Ann Foster, the little dressmaker, who was endeavouring to scissors through the right side of her underlip with her teeth as proof that the compiling of a list of requisites was no tax to her.

verbo

  1. 1

    Anche una forma di scissorthird-person singular simple present indicative of scissor

interiezione

  1. 1

    desuetoCry of anguish or frustration.

    Say, wouldn’t it put your eye out to get a letter from one of the kiddies with the thumb‐prints of that crest not doing a thing but snuggling down in the wax on the envelope? Oh, scissors!

    “Scissors!” he shouted and stuck his finger in his mouth.

    Then sit down—make yourself at home. Ah, scissors.

Forme

passato
scissorsed
participio passato
scissorsed
participio presente
scissorsing
3ª persona singolare
scissorses
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