Definition of: scissors

(siz′ərz) noun plural & sing.
1. A cutting implement with handles and a pair of blades pivoted face to face: sometimes a pair of scissors.
2. In wrestling, a hold secured by clasping the legs about the body or head of the opponent.
3. Gymnastic feats in which the movement of the legs suggests the opening and closing of scissors. [<OF cisoires <LL cisoria, plural of cisorium a cutting instrument <caedere cut; infl. in form by L scissor one who cuts <scindere cut]