scissors

IPA: sˈɪzɝz

(countable, usually construed as plural) A 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.
(uncountable, aviation, military, with the) 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.
(countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
(countable, rugby) 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.
(countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
(countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
(countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.
(rock paper scissors) 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.

Examples of "scissors" in Sentences

I slit paper with scissors.
Can you pass me the pair of scissors
She uses scissors to cut the doctor's hair.
The man stabs him in the foot with scissors.
He took a pair of scissors and cut the paper.
Did the game exist before the invention of paper and scissors
In the 19th century, it was renowned for the production of scissors.
The bottom blade of the scissors is longer and goes easily under the bandages.
Just thinking about that little girl with scissors is enough to keep me awake at night.
They have the same root as the word scissors, meaning they are designed, like scissors, to make a cut.
Also, rock-paper-scissors is a super simple game in terms of game theory, just throw randomly and you'll aways reach equilibrium.
In fact, it was said that they seldom left the IWW halls to go uptown into what they called the scissors belt sections of the city.
In those days, all we had was tinfoil, catalog pages, boxes, home made paste, string, pieces of fabric, plain scissors, wax paper and maybe a few other things, but we used our imagination and were able to do quite a bit.