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scissors

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: scissors

1
 n
an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
2
 n
a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: scissors
1

n an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

Synonyms:
pair of scissors
Types:
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clipper
scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)
shears
large scissors with strong blades
snuffers
scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick
clipper
shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
pruning shears
shears with strong blades used for light pruning of woody plants
snips, tinsnips
(plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal
thinning shears
shears with one serrate blade; used for thinning hair
Type of:
compound lever
a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum
edge tool
any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
2

n a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze

Synonyms:
scissor grip, scissor hold, scissors grip, scissors hold
Type of:
wrestling hold
a hold used in the sport of wrestling

n a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move

Type of:
gymnastic exercise
(gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)
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