scissors UK /ˈsɪzəz/US /ˈsɪzɚz/noun 8exclamation 1phrases 1 noun[plural only]8 •two crossing arms with sharp edges that meet and cut when the handles are pressed togetherThose scissors are sharp.That scissors is sharp. •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. •An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors. •A scissors hold. •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.They executed a perfect scissors. •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. •An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver. •A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other. exclamation1 •(old-fashioned) Cry of anguish or frustration.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! — 1909 Phrases with scissors run with scissorsTo behave recklessly.
