pair of scissors
31scissors kick — Swimming. a propelling motion of the legs in which they move somewhat like the blades of a pair of scissors, used in the sidestroke. [1970 75] * * * …
32scissors probe — a long, delicate pair of scissors that can be used as a probe …
33scissors — scis|sors [ˈsızəz US ərz] n [plural] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: cisoires, from Late Latin cisorium cutting tool , from Latin caedere to cut ] a tool for cutting paper, cloth etc, made of two sharp blades fastened together in the… …
34scissors — scis|sors [ sızərz ] noun plural * a tool for cutting paper, consisting of two blades joined in a cross that you open and shut like jaws: a pair of scissors …
35scissors — noun (plural) a tool for cutting paper, made of two sharp blades and a handle with two holes for your fingers: a pair of scissors …
36scissors — /ˈsɪzəz / (say sizuhz) plural noun 1. a cutting instrument consisting of two blades (with handles) so pivoted together that their edges work against each other (often called a pair of scissors). 2. Gymnastics exercises in which the legs execute a …
37scissors truss — noun : a roofing truss in which the braces for the rafters cross like the members of a pair of scissors * * * a roof truss having tension members extending from the foot of each principal rafter to a point on the upper half of its opposite member …
38pair — 1. Used as a collective noun, pair is treated as a plural when it denotes two separate items and as a singular when it denotes a unit: so a pair of gloves, scissors, scales, shoes, trousers, etc. are singular whereas a pair of bachelors, dogs,… …
39scissors — late 14c., sisoures, from O.Fr. cisoires (pl.) shears, from V.L. *cisoria (pl.) cutting instrument, from *cisus (in compounds such as L. excisus, pp. of excidere to cut out ), ultimately from L. caedere to cut (see CIDE (Cf. cide)). Spelling with …
40scissors — /siz euhrz/, n. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a cutting instrument for paper, cloth, etc., consisting of two blades, each having a ring shaped handle, that are so pivoted together that their sharp edges work one against the other (often used… …
