1. A hand-held tool having two crossed pivoting blades used for cutting paper and material
   "She used a pair of scissors to trim the excess fabric from the hem";
   - pair of scissors
    
2. A wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponent's body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
   "The fighter trapped his opponent in a tight scissors hold";
   - scissors hold, scissor hold, scissor grip, scissors grip
    
3. A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves their legs as the blades of scissors move
   "His scissors routine on the pommel horse earned him a high score"

1. Cut with or as if with scissors
   "She scissored the paper into small pieces"

Type of: compound lever, cut, edge tool, gymnastic exercise, wrestling hold

Encyclopedia: Scissors, Texas