Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 6 compound words that contain scissors. The most common are listed below. Open scissors in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- rock paper scissorsA popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.
- nail scissorsSmall, usually curved scissors for cutting the fingernails and toenails.
- scissors-glasseseyeglasses with scissoring stems, used for distance vision
- scissors crossingSynonym of scissors crossover: A superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.
- scissors crossoverA superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling the letter X, permitting travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks.
- rolling scissorsA form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two …
- scissors crisisAn economic crisis caused by price scissors, that is, an unfavourable divergence in the prices paid by a particular group or country for products that it needs as against the prices of the products that it produces.
- thinning scissorsA type of scissors used in hairdressing, having a serrated edge and used to reduce the bulk of a section of hair rather than the length.
- run with scissorsTo behave recklessly.
- Mayo scissorsA kind of surgical scissors, often used in the cutting of fascia.
- price scissorsThe phenomenon where, for a certain group or sector of productive population, the overall valuation from their production for sale outside the group drops below the valuation of the demand of the group for goods produced outside the group …
- safety scissorsScissors that are not particularly sharp and have rounded tips, designed for safe use by children.
- scissors kickAlternative spelling of scissor kick: A bicycle kick.
- pair of scissorsA 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
- running with scissorspresent participle and gerund of run with scissors
- scissors paper rockSynonym of rock paper scissors (game)
- scissors paper stoneSynonym of rock paper scissors (game)
- scissors-congruentAlternative form of scissor-congruent: Exhibiting scissor congruence.
- scissors congruenceAlternative form of scissor congruence: The property of two polygons that have the property of being decomposable into finitely many polygons that are pairwise congruent.
- Metzenbaum scissorsA kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.
- agrarian scissorsThe disparity between the prices of agricultural and industrial products.
- genetic scissorsBiological tools used to precisely edit the genome of organisms.
- paper scissors stoneSynonym of rock paper scissors (game)
- rock-paper-scissors-lizard-SpockAn extension of the children's game of rock paper scissors, with two additional handshapes: lizard and Spock.
- crash scissorsSynonym of trauma shears: A kind of scissors with a bent blade, used by paramedics etc. to cut clothing quickly and safely from injured people.
Compound words 6
- scissorstailA species of tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) from the southern United States and Central America, with a long forked tail, and a red patch on the underwing coverts.
- microscissorsVery small surgical scissors.
- headscissorsA hold in which a wrestler wraps his or her legs around either side of the opponent's head, crossing them under the opponent's chin, and squeezing.
- scissorsbillAlternative form of scissorbill (in various senses)
- scissorsbillsplural of scissorsbill: Alternative form of scissorbill (in various senses)
- scissorstailsplural of scissorstail: A species of tyrant flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) from the southern United States and Central America, with a long forked tail, and a red patch on the underwing coverts.