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scissors

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English

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an assortment of scissors

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsisours (attested since 1350–1400), fromOld Frenchcisoirs, fromLate Latincīsōria, plural ofcīsōrium(“cutting tool”); fromLatin word root-cīsus (compareexcise) orcaesus, past participle ofcaedō(“to cut”). Partially displaced nativeOld Englishsċēara(“scissors, shears”), whenceshears.Doublet ofchisel.

The current spelling, from the 16th century, is due to association withMedieval Latinscissor(“tailor”), fromLatin carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, fromscindō(“to split”).(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scissors pl (plural only,attributivescissor)

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  2. (countable, usually construed as plural) Atool used forcutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at apivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
    Near-synonym:shears
    Thosescissors are sharp.(indicating singular or plural scissors)
    Thatscissors is sharp.(less commonly to indicate singular scissors)
    Scissors are used to cut the flowers.
    Usescissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.
    • 1947 June 22, “Around the Garden”, inNew York Times:
      Roses will last longer if a knife rather than ascissors is used to cut the blooms.
  3. (uncountable, aviation, military, withthe) A type ofdefensivemaneuver indogfighting, involvingrepeatedlyturning one'saircrafttowards that of theattacker in order toforce them toovershoot.
  4. (countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
  5. (countable, rugby) Anattackingmoveconducted bytwoplayers; the player without theballruns from oneside of theball carrier,behind the ballcarrier, andreceives apass from the ball carrier on the other side.
    They executed a perfectscissors.
  6. (countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
  7. (countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
  8. (countable, wrestling) Ascissors hold.
  9. (rock paper scissors) Ahand with theindex andmiddle fingers open (ahandshape resembling scissors), that beatspaper and loses torock. It beatslizard and loses toSpock inrock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

Usage notes

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  • "A pair of scissors" is preferred to "a scissors" by about a four-to-one margin in the US (COCA).
  • "The scissors" is preferred to "the scissor" by about a thirty-to-one margin in the US (COCA).

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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tool used for cutting
hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors

See also

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Noun

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scissors

  1. (rare)plural ofscissor

Verb

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scissors (third-person singular simple presentscissorses,present participlescissorsing,simple past and past participlescissorsed)

  1. (transitive)Rare form ofscissor(“to cut using, or as if using, scissors”).
    • 1907,Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson,Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published1980, page175:
      She found her in the dining-room with Ann Foster, the little dressmaker, who was endeavouring toscissors through the right side of her underlip with her teeth as proof that the compiling of a list of requisites was no tax to her.

Verb

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scissors

  1. third-personsingularsimplepresentindicative ofscissor

Interjection

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scissors

  1. (dated)Cry of anguish or frustration.
    • 1909, Edward Waterman Townsend, chapter II, inThe Climbing Courvatels‎[1], New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company,page30:
      Say, wouldn’t it put your eye out to get a letter from one of the kiddies with the thumb‐prints of that crest not doing a thing but snuggling down in the wax on the envelope? Oh,scissors!
    • 1911, William Caine, chapter XIV, inThe Revolt at Roskelly’s‎[2], New York & London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons,page270:
      “Scissors!” he shouted and stuck his finger in his mouth.
    • 1913, Richard Claude Carton,Public Opinion: A Farce in Three Acts‎[3], London: Samuel French, Ltd.,page81:
      Then sit down—make yourself at home. Ah,scissors.

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