scissors — Słownik języka angielskiego

Rzeczownik

1. 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.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • plural
   • tylko w liczbie mnogiej
   • usually
   • construed as plural

   Synonimy

   shears

   Przykłady

   Near-synonym: shears

   Those scissors are sharp.

   Więcej przykładów (4)

   That scissors is sharp.

   Scissors are used to cut the flowers.

   Use scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.

   Roses will last longer if a knife rather than a scissors is used to cut the blooms.

2. A type of defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving repeatedly turning one's aircraft towards that of the attacker in order to force them to overshoot.

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   • plural
   • tylko w liczbie mnogiej
   • niepoliczalne
   • with the

3. An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.

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4. 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.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • plural
   • tylko w liczbie mnogiej

   Przykłady

   They executed a perfect scissors.

5. A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.

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   • policzalne
   • plural
   • tylko w liczbie mnogiej

6. An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.

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   • policzalne
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   • tylko w liczbie mnogiej

7. A scissors hold.

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   • policzalne
   • plural
   • tylko w liczbie mnogiej

8. A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

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   • plural
   • tylko w liczbie mnogiej

Wykrzyknik

1. Cry of anguish or frustration.

   Użycie

   • przestarzałe

   Przykłady

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   Say, wouldn’t it put your eye out to get a letter from one of the kiddies with the thumb‐prints of that crest not doing a thing but snuggling down in the wax on the envelope? Oh, scissors!

   “Scissors!” he shouted and stuck his finger in his mouth.

   Then sit down—make yourself at home. Ah, scissors.

Rzeczownik

1. an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

   Synonimy

   pair of scissors

   Terminy szersze

   edge toolcompound lever

2. a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze

   Synonimy

   scissors holdscissor holdscissor gripscissors grip

   Terminy szersze

   wrestling hold

3. a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves their legs as the blades of scissors move

   Terminy szersze

   gymnastic exercise