Scissors

One blade on a pair of scissors.

Scissors.

(noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.

To cut using, or as if using, scissors.

To excise or expunge something from a text.

"The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record."

To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.

To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.

"The runner scissored over the hurdles."

(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.

"Scissors are used to cut the flowers."

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.