scissors

noun

1. (countable, plural, plural-only, usually)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.”

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

2. (plural, plural-only, uncountable)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. (countable, plural, plural-only)An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
4. (countable, plural, plural-only)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. (countable, plural, plural-only)A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
6. (countable, plural, plural-only)An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
7. (countable, plural, plural-only)A scissors hold.
8. (plural, plural-only)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.
9. (form-of, plural, rare)plural of scissor

verb

1. (form-of, rare, transitive)Rare 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.”

2. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of scissor

intj

1. (dated)Cry 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.”