Scissors - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɪzərz|  American pronunciation of the word scissors
Brit.  |ˈsɪzəz|  British pronunciation of the word scissors

noun

- an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
- a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move

Extra examples

He used a small pair of scissors to trim his mustache.

...obtuse scissors designed so that young users will not cut themselves...

Use sanitizing rinse on the scissors.

Abscission may be performed by means of knives, scissors, or guillotines.

An ornamental edge was pinked out with special scissors.

Using a pair of scissors, cut carefully along the dotted lines.

The scissors are in the kitchen drawer (=drawer in a piece of kitchen furniture).

Have you finished with the scissors?

The scissors have gone missing again.

The molars play vertically on each other like a pair of scissors.

Word forms

noun
singular: scissors
plural: scissors
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