Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of scissors.

Etymologies

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scissor +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Paige looked around again, then hopped the fence in a single scissorlike motion.

    AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010

  • Wiggling fingers in a scissorlike motion or making “snipping” sounds is considered bad form.

    THE OFFICIAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS STRATEGY GUIDE DOUGLAS WALKER 2004

  • “Hirst,” said Hewet, pointing at the scissorlike shadow; he then rolled round to look up at them.

    The Voyage Out 2004

  • Wiggling fingers in a scissorlike motion or making “snipping” sounds is considered bad form.

    THE OFFICIAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS STRATEGY GUIDE DOUGLAS WALKER 2004

  • I stood beside the bandstand where the musicians sat in scissorlike wooden chairs, blowing and fiddling on their instruments.

    Borrowed Finery, A Memoir Fox, Paula 2001

  • Two scissorlike claws extended in front of the body and a whole row of manipulators, which looked uncannily like tiny human hands at first glance, nestled close to some kind of opening in the carapace.

    Rama Revisited Clarke, Arthur C. 1989

  • "Hirst," said Hewet, pointing at the scissorlike shadow; he then rolled round to look up at them.

    The Voyage Out 1915

  • "Hirst," said Hewet, pointing at the scissorlike shadow; he then rolled round to look up at them.

    The Voyage Out Virginia Woolf 1911

  • In their flight they frequently twist about with extreme quickness, and dexterously manage with their projecting lower mandible to plough up small fish, which are secured by the upper and shorter half of their scissorlike bills.

    Chapter VII 1909

  • Yet when you push a switch, the flash shoots up on an scissorlike extension arm - way, way up, nearly a full camera height up.

    NYT > Home Page By DAVID POGUE 2011

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