scissors

noun

A pair of shears of medium or small size. See shears.

noun

Candle-snuffers.

noun plural

A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.

noun plural

the European goatsucker.

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.

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.

noun

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

noun

A scissors hold.

verb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scissor.

noun

a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move