The word is in the Wiktionary

18 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• scissors n. (Countable, usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing…
• scissors n. (Uncountable, aviation, military, with the) A type of defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving repeatedly…
• scissors n. (Countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
• scissors n. (Countable, rugby) An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from…
• scissors n. (Countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
• scissors n. (Countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
• scissors n. (Countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.
• scissors n. (Rock paper scissors) A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors)…
• scissors n. (Rare) plural of scissor.
• scissors v. (Transitive) Rare form of scissor (“To cut using, or as if using, scissors.”).
• scissors v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scissor.
• scissors interj. (Dated) Cry of anguish or frustration.

— English words, defined in German —

• scissors V. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs scissor.
• scissors S. Die Schere.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• scissors n. (Gereedschap) schaar.

— English word, defined in French —

• scissors n. Ciseaux, paire de ciseaux.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• scissors s. Tijera, tijeras.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• scissors s. Forbici.

94 English words from 12 English definitions

above and anguish are as␣if attacking aviation back back␣and␣forth ball conducted consisting consisting␣of construed Countable crossing Cry cut cutting Dated defensive dogfighting exercise fingers foot for form forth from front frustration gymnastics hand handshape hold index indicative in␣front in␣front␣of instance involving legs maneuver material method middle middle␣fingers military motion move one one␣foot open other paper person player players plural present present␣indicative Rare repeatedly resembling Rock Rock␣paper␣scissors rugby runs scissor scissors significantly simple simple␣present singular skating suggesting switched the thin Third Third␣person Third-person␣singular tool Transitive two type Uncountable used using usually which with without wrestling

7 English words from 6 foreign definitions

des Die paire Person scissor Singular Verbs

11 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Aktiv ciseaux Forbici Gereedschap Indikativ paire␣de␣ciseaux Präsens schaar Schere Tijera tijeras

22 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

scissorsed scissorses scissorsing scissorsbill scissors␣bite scissors␣kick scissorsmith scissorstail scissorsbills scissor␣sister scissorsmiths scissorstails scissors␣crises scissors␣crisis scissor␣sisters scissors-tailed scissors-and-paste scissors␣crossing scissors␣crossings scissors␣crossover scissors␣crossovers scissors␣paper␣stone

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

paper␣scissors␣stone

27 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

flat␣scissors headscissors Mayo␣scissors nail␣scissors crash␣scissors dummy␣scissors elbow␣scissors microscissors price␣scissors probe-scissors marble␣scissors pair␣of␣scissors safety␣scissors trauma␣scissors pairs␣of␣scissors ran␣with␣scissors rolling␣scissors run␣with␣scissors agrarian␣scissors grafting␣scissors runs␣with␣scissors thinning␣scissors rock-paper-scissors rock␣paper␣scissors Metzenbaum␣scissors running␣with␣scissors texturizing␣scissors

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cis CIs CIS cis- ciss ISS ors Ors ORs ORS sci SCI sci. Sci. scis s-cis sciss scissor sor Sor sors Sors SSO

24 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ICs ICS -ics I²Cs I.C.s I.␣C.s oss OSs OSS 'oss ossi- Ros ROS ross Ross Rossi sic SIC sics SICs SRO SROs SSI S.S.I.

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

scissor

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

scissars

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

scissor

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