scissors hold
- noun
- /ˈsɪz.ərz hoʊld/
- Jargon
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llave en tijera
- She managed to break free from his scissors hold just in time.
Examples
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The wrestler applied a tight scissors hold around his opponent's waist.
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He won the match by trapping his rival in a scissors hold around the neck.
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He applied a strong scissors hold during the match.
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The wrestler used a scissors hold to gain an advantage.
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The wrestler applied a scissors hold to immobilize his opponent on the mat.
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During the match, she used a scissors hold to gain the upper hand against her rival.
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He learned how to perform a scissors hold in his wrestling class last week.
Synonyms
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7.4
A way of holding an opponent by twisting or pressing a body part
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7.9
A wrestling hold where the legs wrap around another person and squeeze
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7.8
A position where someone wraps their legs around an opponent's body or head and presses their feet together to squeeze
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4.7
A grip or move used to control an opponent in a match
A hold that wraps the legs around an opponent's body or head and squeezes with the feet
A leg hold that wraps around an opponent and squeezes by locking the feet together
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — a grip that squeezes like a pair of scissors — is directly inferable from 'scissors' (suggesting a two-part squeezing action) combined with 'hold' (a grip). The noun+noun composition transparently names the type of grip and relies on a concrete, cross-linguistically accessible physical image, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to understand it.
Etymology
Scissors hold comes from the image of a wrestler wrapping their legs around an opponent like a pair of scissors, then closing them to squeeze. That's why it means 'a wrestling hold' that traps and presses the body or neck.