scissors
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
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gymnastics
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lifestyle
martial-arts
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politics
rock-paper-scissors
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Etymology: From Middle English sisours (attested since 1350–1400), from Old French cisoirs, from Late Latin cīsōria, plural of cīsōrium (“cutting tool”); from Latin word root -cīsus (compare excise) or caesus, past participle of caedō (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English sċēara (“scissors, shears”), whence shears. Doublet of chisel.
The current spelling, from the 16th century, is due to association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor”), from Latin carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, from scindō (“to split”).
Inflected forms:
form: scissor
pos: noun
tags: attributive
form: cizars
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cizers
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: scissars
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: sissors
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
plural-only
usually
examples: 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.
Roses will last longer if a knife rather than a scissors is used to cut the blooms.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
uncountable
gloss: An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
plural-only
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
plural-only
examples: They executed a perfect scissors.
gloss: A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
plural-only
gloss: An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
plural-only
gloss: A scissors hold.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
plural-only
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Synonyms: scissor
switch
Related words: scissorial
Derived words: agrarian scissors
crash scissors
dummy scissors
elbow scissors
genetic scissors
grafting scissors
marble scissors
Mayo scissors
Metzenbaum scissors
nail scissors
paper scissors stone
price scissors
probe-scissors
rock-paper-scissors
rock paper scissors
run with scissors
safety scissors
scissor
scissors-and-paste
scissorsbill
scissors bite
scissors congruence
scissors-congruent
scissors crisis
scissors crossing
scissors crossover
scissors-glasses
scissors kick
scissors paper stone
scissorstail
scissors-tailed
texturizing scissors
thinning scissors
trauma scissors
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