rolling scissors (English, noun)
expansion: rolling scissors (countable and uncountable, plural rolling scissors)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
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government
military
natural-sciences
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glosses: A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two aircraft barrel-rolling around each other as each attempts to gain the advantage.
tags: uncountable
raw_tags: with the
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two aircraft barrel-rolling around each other as each attempts to gain the advantage.
An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
tags: countable
raw_tags: with the
Forms:
form: rolling scissors
tags: plural