EGAVE

scissors

About 2.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
    Those scissors are sharp.
  2. noun 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. noun An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
  4. noun 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. noun A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
  6. noun An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
  7. noun A scissors hold.
  8. noun 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.

Similar words

pair of scissors snips shears manicure charlotte chisels clippers secateurs cutters trimmers

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