scissors
Syllables: sciss·ors/ˈsɪzəz//ˈsɪzɚz/
scissors noun: 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. Also the plural of scissor.
Noun
scissors pl (plural only, attributive scissor)
- 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.
- Near-synonym: shears
- Those scissors are sharp.
- Synonyms:
- shears, pair of 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.
- 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 method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
- A scissors hold.
- 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.
Interjection
- 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, Edward Waterman Townsend, chapter II, in The Climbing Courvatels, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 30
- “Scissors!” he shouted and stuck his finger in his mouth.1911, William Caine, chapter XIV, in The Revolt at Roskelly’s, New York & London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 270
Also used as
scissors is also the plural of scissor.
scissors is also the rare form of scissor.
scissors is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of scissor.
scissors meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
scissors in Hindi
- tool used for cutting
- कैंची ka͠icī, क़ैंची qa͠icī
scissors in Tamil
- tool used for cutting
- கத்திரி kattiri, கத்தரிக்கோல் kattarikkōl
scissors in Marathi
- कात्री, कात्रीला
scissors in Urdu
- tool used for cutting
- قَین٘چی qa͠icī, کَین٘چی ka͠icī, قَیچی qaicī
More languagesFewer languages
- scissors in Bengali
- কাঁচি kãci
- scissors in Telugu
- కత్తెర kattera
- scissors in Malayalam
- കത്രിക katrika
- scissors in Kannada
- ಕತ್ತರಿ kattari
- scissors in Punjabi
- ਕੈਂਚੀ kaiñcī
- scissors in Gujarati
- કાતર kātar, કેંચી keñcī
- scissors in Sinhala
- කතුර katura
- scissors in Assamese
- কেঁচি kẽsi
- scissors in Nepali
- कैँची kãichi
- scissors in Tagalog
- gunting
- scissors in Arabic
- مِقَصّ miqaṣṣ, مِقْرَاض miqrāḍ
- scissors in Malay
- gunting
- scissors in Indonesian
- gunting
- scissors in Thai
- กรรไกร gan-grai
- scissors in Vietnamese
- kéo
- scissors in Myanmar
- ကတ်ကြေး katkre:
- Kashmiri
- دُکٲرؠ dukạ̄r'
Examples of scissors in a sentence
- That scissors is sharp.
- Scissors are used to cut the flowers.
- Use scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.
- Roses will last longer if a knife rather than a scissors is used to cut the blooms.1947 June 22, “Around the Garden”, in New York Times:
Synonyms of scissors
Forms of scissors
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| attributive | scissor |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cizars |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cizers |
| alternative form (archaic) | scissars |
| alternative form (obsolete) | sissors |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scissorses |
| present participle | scissorsing |
| past participle | scissorsed |
| past | scissorsed |
Origin of scissors
From Middle English sisours (attested since 1350–1400), from Old French cisoirs, from Late Latin cīsōria, plural of cīsōrium (“cutting tool”); from Latin word root -cīsus (compare excise) or caesus, past participle of caedō (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English sċēara (“scissors, shears”), whence shears. Doublet of chisel. The current spelling, from the 16th century, is due to association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor”), from Latin carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, from scindō (“to split”).
Words formed from scissors
- agrarian scissors
- crash scissors
- dummy scissors
- elbow scissors
- genetic scissors
- grafting scissors
- marble scissors
- Mayo scissors
- Metzenbaum scissors
- nail scissors
- paper scissors stone
- pizza scissors
- price scissors
- probe-scissors
- rock-paper-scissors
- rock paper scissors
- run with scissors
- safety scissors
- scissor
- scissors-and-paste
- scissorsbill
- scissors bite
- scissors congruence
- scissors-congruent
- scissors crisis
- scissors crossing
- scissors crossover
- scissors-glasses
- scissors kick
- scissors paper stone
- scissorstail
- scissors-tailed
- texturizing scissors
- thinning scissors
- trauma scissors
Phrases with scissors
- flat scissors
- scissors bites
- scissors kicks
- scissors crises
- pair of scissors
- rolling scissors
- pairs of scissors
- ran with scissors
- runs with scissors
- scissors crossings
- scissors crossovers
- scissors paper rock
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Words that rhyme with scissors
Questions about scissors
- What does scissors mean?
- Scissors means 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.
- What is scissors in Hindi?
- Scissors in Hindi is कैंची (ka͠icī), क़ैंची (qa͠icī). See Scissors meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use scissors in a sentence?
- That scissors is sharp.
- What part of speech is scissors?
- Scissors can be a noun or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce scissors?
- Scissors is pronounced /ˈsɪzəz/ (UK).
Words near scissors in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scissors (page history and authors); scissors (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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