scissors

noun

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

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

an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

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The word scissors breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cis-, from Latin caedo (“cut, kill”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.