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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (countable, skating) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
▸ noun: (countable, gymnastics) An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
▸ noun: (countable, wrestling) A scissors hold.
▸ noun: (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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pair of scissors,
shears,
scalpel,
thinning scissors,
tin snips,
snips,
knife,
slitter,
wire cutters,
glass cutter,
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