scissors

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Synonyms: scissor, scissars, sissors, scissure, soissons, scissored, scissions, scissura, scissorer, scissures

Antonyms: scissor, scissars, sissors, scissure, soissons, scissored, scissions, scissura, scissorer, scissures

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Noun

{{senseid|en|Q40847}} {{lb|en|countable|usually|construed as plural}} A [[tool]] used for [[cut]]ting 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.
{{lb|en|uncountable|aviation|military|with '''''the'''''}} A type of [[defensive]] [[maneuver]] in [[dogfight]]ing, involving [[repeatedly]] [[turn]]ing one's [[aircraft]] [[towards]] that of the [[attacker]] in order to [[force]] them to [[overshoot]].
{{lb|en|countable|aviation|military}} An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
{{lb|en|countable|rugby}} An [[attack]]ing [[move]] [[conduct]]ed by [[two]] [[player]]s; the player without the [[ball]] [[run]]s from one [[side]] of the [[ball carrier]], [[behind]] the ball [[carrier]], and [[receive]]s a [[pass]] from the ball carrier on the other side.
{{lb|en|countable|skating}} A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
{{lb|en|countable|gymnastics}} An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
{{lb|en|countable|wrestling}} A [[scissors hold]].
{{lb|en|[[rock paper scissors]]}} A [[hand]] with the [[index finger|index]] and [[middle finger|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]].

{{lb|en|transitive}} {{rare form of|en|scissor|t=to cut using, or as if using, scissors}}.

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