1. A hand-held cutting instrument made up of two crossed connected blades, each with a ring-shaped handle, that pivot on each other and cut as they come together; takes a plural verb: "The scissors are on the table."
2. In gymnastics, a movement of the legs that resembles the opening and closing of scissors.
3. Via French cisoires from Late Latin cisoria "cutting tool" from Latin cis-, past participle of caedere "cut".