scissor-like

English

Adjective

scissor-like (comparative more scissor-like, superlative most scissor-like)

1. Alternative spelling of scissorlike
   • 2014 January 29, Julie Lasky, “Extra Arms (and Teeth) for Wrangling Firewood”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The 30-inch stainless steel tongs have scissor-like pincers that you operate with one hand while working a shorter, third appendage with the other hand.

   • 2014 August 1, Jennifer Schuessler, “The Cocaine, the Blood, the Body Count”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     “We gave them fake arms and taught them to hold a scalpel, how to tie sutures, how to hold multiple instruments,” Dr. Burns, the show’s medical adviser, said in a recent interview in his cluttered study, demonstrating the gunslinger reflexes needed to flip a waiting hemostat, a scissor-like tool, off the wrist and seal a broken blood vessel.

   • 2023 June 16, Freda Kreier, “The Sad Story Behind a Fossil’s ‘Grin’”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     Scientists have often attributed their wild success to their unique way of chewing, in which they used a scissor-like motion to grind tough plants between a row of teeth and bare bone.