noun🔗ShareHoja de tijeraOne blade on a pair of scissors."The broken scissors felt awkward to use because one blade was loose. "La hoja rota de la tijera era incómoda de usar porque una hoja estaba suelta.itemutensilpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTijerasScissors."I need scissors to cut the paper for my project. "Necesito tijeras para cortar el papel para mi proyecto.utensilitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDe tijera(noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack."The mechanic used a scissor jack to lift the car. "El mecánico usó un gato de tijera para levantar el coche.utensilitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCortar con tijerasTo cut using, or as if using, scissors."The teacher asked the student to scissors the construction paper into small squares. "El profesor le pidió al estudiante que cortara el papel de construcción en cuadrados pequeños con las tijeras.utensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSuprimir, cortarTo excise or expunge something from a text."The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record."El testimonio erróneo fue suprimido del registro.writinglanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareExtraer, copiarTo reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy."To prepare for the presentation, I scissorsed a few key paragraphs from the article. "Para preparar la presentación, extraje algunos párrafos clave del artículo.writingwordlanguagecommunicationmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareMover como tijeras, abrirTo move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs."The runner scissored over the hurdles."El corredor movió las piernas como tijeras sobre las vallas.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHacerse los tijeras, practicar el tribadismo(sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other."The two students were seen scissorsing in the back of the classroom. "Se vio a las dos estudiantes haciéndose los tijeras en la parte trasera del aula.sexactionbodyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePatinar con un pie significativamente delante del otroTo skate with one foot significantly in front of the other."As she gained speed on the ice, the young skater began to scissors, expertly gliding forward with long, overlapping strides. "A medida que ganaba velocidad sobre el hielo, la joven patinadora comenzó a patinar, deslizándose expertamente hacia adelante con zancadas largas y superpuestas.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTijeras(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."Scissors are used to cut the flowers."Las tijeras se usan para cortar las flores.utilityutensilstationeryitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTijeraAn 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."They executed a perfect scissors."Ejecutaron una tijera perfecta.sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTijerasA method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other."The speed skater maintained her lead by using a powerful scissors across the final turn. "La patinadora de velocidad mantuvo su ventaja usando unas tijeras potentes en la última curva.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTijeras, tijeras de piernasAn exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors."During gym class, the students practiced the scissors exercise. "Durante la clase de gimnasia, los estudiantes practicaron el ejercicio de tijeras.bodyactionsportanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTijerasA scissors hold."The wrestler applied a painful scissors hold to his opponent's body, squeezing tightly with his legs. "El luchador aplicó una dolorosa llave de tijeras al cuerpo de su oponente, apretando fuertemente con las piernas.sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTijeras(rock paper scissors) A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and is loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock."My sister and I were playing rock-paper-scissors to decide who got to choose the movie. She used her scissors handshape and won. "Mi hermana y yo estábamos jugando a piedra, papel o tijeras para decidir quién elegiría la película. Ella usó su forma de mano de tijeras y ganó.gameculturetraditionentertainmentcommunicationactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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