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How to pronounce “scissors”
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Pronunciation guide for scissors
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of scissors with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Perfect Bet
So one obvious example is rock-paper-scissors.
- Definition summary
- (countable, usually construed as plural) 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.
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How to pronounce scissors
The Perfect Bet
So one obvious example is rock-paper-scissors.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “scissors”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable, usually construed as plural) 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.
- (uncountable, aviation, military, with the) 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.
- (countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
- (countable, rugby) 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.
- (countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- (countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
- (countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.
- (rock paper scissors) 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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