(countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
Used in a Sentence
scissors
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scissors.
Editorial note
It feels like doing anything in Java is like mowing your lawn with a pair of hand scissors.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of scissors gathered in one view.
(countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
(countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for scissors.
noun
(countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
noun
(countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
noun
(countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
noun
(countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.
Example sentences
It feels like doing anything in Java is like mowing your lawn with a pair of hand scissors.
It's like trying to unscrew a screw with scissors when you have a screwdriver laying next to you.
Why don't they coat the whole structure in something a bit more resistant to a kid with scissors?
Probably because populations who would theoretically be building with this material can't afford and therefore don't have access to scissors.
They can be cut to any length with any normal pair of scissors, to make them fit knives of different lengths.
Slowly the artisans that were making swords 100-150 years ago have been migrating to kitchen knives, scissors and wood working tools.
So it's a bit like scissors -- perfectly flat on the left hand side and sharpened to 22 degrees on the right.
That in turn violates the criteria that says the election result can't change if you add a non-winning candiate (rock beats scissors, but when paper enters the race now scissors is computed the winner).
The scissors have changed but the glue is still endogenous to the organisms that we are engineering.
Don't play with scissors or bricks on the bus, sure, but a book?
That may be, but I feel much less fatigue using scissors than the membrane domes.
Anything can be used to kill, including scissors, saw, pipe, baseball, knife or just good old pure hands.
Quote examples
This is a rock paper scissors situation -- or a "condorcet cycle".
A common criticism of Arrow's theorems usefulness is that it is a bit of a stretch to call paper an "irrelevant alternative" when rock-paper-scissors forms a cycle of preferences like that.
This is the idea that total losers joining the race don't affect the result, however someone who is in the top rock-paper-scissors cycle (the "Smith Set") can still affect the result even if they don't win themselves.
As you make this change you have to do so in a way that you continue to explore new market and technology possibilities instead of traveling in circles (or playing “rock paper scissors” with yourself where you cycle through a series of options such that each new one appears superior to your current one but if you are not careful you discover you have return to an earlier point of departure).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use scissors in a sentence?
It feels like doing anything in Java is like mowing your lawn with a pair of hand scissors.
What does scissors mean?
(countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
What part of speech is scissors?
scissors is commonly used as noun.