scissors

Speech parts

1. scissors - Noun

2. scissors - Verb

3. scissors - Interjection

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pair of scissors shears scissor scissor grip scissor hold scissors grip scissors hold clipper cleaver tool knife chisel hatchet scythe switch

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Antonyms

release disorder

Hypernyms

tool edge tool gymnastic exercise wrestling hold compound lever

Hyponyms

clipper shears snuffers

Phrases with the word

scissors-glasses special scissors pruning scissors scissors position genetic scissors play rock-paper-scissors

Examples

For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors. Jeff Foxworthy

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. Truman Capote

A long-playing full shot is what always separates the men from the boys. Anybody can make movies with a pair of scissors and a two-inch lens. Orson Welles

Fools and scissors require good handling. Japanese Proverb

Silk is cut best with old scissors. Puerto Rican Proverb

For evil tongues, scissors. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

scissorer scissoring scissorlike scissors bite scissors crisis scissors crossing