scissors

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A pair of shears of medium or small size. See shears.
2. n. Candle-snuffers.

Wiktionary

1. n. A type of 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; the tool is operated by one hand by putting the thumb and a finger or fingers through holes at the ends of the blades that are opposite to the cutting edges.
2. n. A single pair of scissors.
3. n. . 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. Also known as a switch. See also dummy scissors. Referred to singularly as "a scissors"; corresponding verb to scissor.
4. v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of scissor.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.

WordNet 3.0

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