Definitions
1.NounA 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."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."
2.NounA 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.NounAn instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
4.NounAn 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.NounA method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
6.NounAn exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
7.NounA scissors hold.
8.NounA 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.
9.Nounplural of scissor
10.VerbRare form of scissor (“to cut using, or as if using, scissors”).
11.Verbthird-person singular simple present indicative of scissor
12.InterjectionCry of anguish or frustration.