a cutting instrument used for cloth, hair, etc, having two crossed pivoted blades that cut by a shearing action, with ring-shaped handles at one end

a wrestling hold in which a wrestler wraps his or her legs round an opponent's body or head, locks the feet together, and squeezes

any gymnastic or athletic feat in which the legs cross and uncross in a scissor-like movement

a technique in high-jumping, now little used, in which the legs perform a scissor-like movement in clearing the bar