Scissors definition

Scissors

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noun

(1) A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move

(2) A wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze

(3) And edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

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Etymology

c.1350–1400 sisoures < cisoires < *cīsōria, plural of (compare ); from word root -cīsus (compare ) or , past participle of .

Current spelling, from the 16th century, is by association with scissor (“tailor”), from carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, from .

Noun

A type of 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; the tool is operated by one hand by putting the thumb and a finger or fingers through holes at the ends of the blades that are opposite to the cutting edges.
A single pair of scissors.

Usage notes

"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).

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