scissors

en-noun

scissors pl (plural only, attributive scissor)

From Middle English sisours, sisoures (attested since 1350–1400), from Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin *cīsōria, plural of Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”) (compare chisel); from Latin word root -cīsus (compare excise) or caesus, past participle of caedō (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English sċēara (“scissors, shears”), whence shears.
* The current spelling, from the 16th century, is due to association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor”), from Latin carrying the meaning “carver, cutter”, from scindere (“to split”).

(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.

剪

hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors


paper

paper (countable and uncountable, plural papers)

Tok Pisin: pepa
→ Rotokas: pepa

→ Dutch: paper

→ Eastern Arrernte: pipe

→ Esperanto: papero
Ido: papero

→ Hawaiian: pepa

→ Japanese: ペーパー (pēpā)

→ Malay: kertas (semantic loan)

→ Malayalam: പേപ്പർ (pēppaṟ)

→ Maori: pepa

→ Marshallese: peba

→ Mokilese: peipa

→ Niuean: pepa

→ Scottish Gaelic: pàipear

→ Southern Ndebele: iphepha

→ Spanish: paper

→ Swazi: líphepha

→ Xhosa: iphepha

→ Yoruba: bébà, pépà

→ Zulu: iphepha

From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

(rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

харти́я

open hand in the game of rock paper scissors


pik

to pick an it; to take turns picking a team or members of a team using rock paper scissors


papier

pl-noun

papier m inan (diminutive papierek, augmentative papierzysko, related adjective papierowy)

papierek (diminutive)
papierzysko (augmentative)
papierowy (adjective)
papier (nominative singular)
papiery (nominative plural)
papieru (genitive singular)
papierów (genitive plural)
papierowi (dative singular)
papierom (dative plural)
papier (accusative singular)
papiery (accusative plural)
papierem (instrumental singular)
papierami (instrumental plural)
papierze (locative singular)
papierach (locative plural)
papierze (singular vocative)
papiery (plural vocative)

→? Belarusian: папе́ра (papjéra)

→ Kashubian: papiór

→ Lithuanian: popierius

→ Latvian: papīrs

Borrowed from Middle High German papier. First attested in 1528. Compare Silesian papiōr.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “papier”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

paper (open hand in the game of rock paper scissors)


rock

en-noun

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

From Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roque, (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish) origin (compare Breton roc'h). Related also to Middle Low German rocke (“rock ledge”). One suggestion is that it derives from Vulgar Latin *rupica, from rupes (compare rupico).

rockcress

Brassicaceae: Arabis, Arabidopsis, Boechera spp.

(rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.


lizard

From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus, which is of obscure origin. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).

(rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.


chopsticks

(hand games) A hand game in which players hold up a number of fingers on each hand and try, through certain moves, to eliminate their opponent's hands.


papel

(rock paper scissors) an open hand (handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors


papel

→ Old Tupi: papera
Nheengatu: papera

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese papel, borrowed from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of pavio and papiro.

etymon

paper (an open hand in rock paper scissors)


rock paper scissors

(hand games) A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.


Spock

(rock paper scissors) The Vulcan salute when used in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock, a handshape that beats rock and scissors and loses to lizard and paper.


Spock

en-verb

Spock (third-person singular simple present Spocks, present participle Spocking, simple past and past participle Spocked)

Spocks (present singular third-person)
Spocking (participle present)
Spocked (participle past)
Spocked (past)

(rock paper scissors) To play the Vulcan salute hand.


pedra

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pedra

Kabuverdianu: pédra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Cognate with Fala and Galician pedra.

inh+

rock (closed hand in rock paper scissors)


shadow play

en-noun

shadow play (countable and uncountable, plural shadow plays)

The project invokes aesthetics particularly associated with children: play, craft, and amateurism. Indeed, especially in segments that employ elements such as a spotlight and shadowplay, Green Porno is reminiscent of an elementary-school pageant.

2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 86:

(hand games) An ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images.

тэатр ценяў

form of storytelling using opaque figures in front of an illuminated backdrop


kamień

pl-noun

kamień m inan (diminutive kamyk, augmentative kamor)

kamyk (diminutive)
kamor (augmentative)
kamień (nominative singular)
kamienie (nominative plural)
kamienia (genitive singular)
kamieni (genitive plural)
kamieniowi (dative singular)
kamieniom (dative plural)
kamień (accusative singular)
kamienie (accusative plural)
kamieniem (instrumental singular)
kamieniami (instrumental plural)
kamieniu (locative singular)
kamieniach (locative plural)
kamieniu (singular vocative)
kamienie (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish kamień. Compare Latvian akmens, Lithuanian akmuo, Ancient Greek ἄκμων (ákmōn), Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman).

rock (closed hand in the game of rock paper scissors)


thumb war

en-noun

thumb war (countable and uncountable, plural thumb wars)

(hand games) A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to hold down the other's thumb.


gunting

[ˈɡun̪.t̪ɪŋ]

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

(rock paper scissors) a hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock


gunting

Igorot
Min Chinese
Otto Dempwolff
Tang dynasty

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese, according to Blust (2010–). Compare Bikol Central gunting, Cebuano gunting, Hiligaynon gunting, Laboya gutti, and Mansaka gonting and Tausug gunting.
Manuel (1948) also wondered about gunting if it is from Chinese or originally traces back to Proto-Austronesian, which Dr. Cecilio Lopez stoutly affirmed from Dempwolff's findings, although problems arose as the word is not found in the languages of the Igorot groups, which the only tenable conclusion was that gunting is not originally from Proto-Austronesian but instead from “Southeastern Chinese” (see Min Chinese languages, including Hokkien) which had a term for scissors from which most probably the original term was derived from.


tesoura

From tesoira, from Latin tōnsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“to shear”). Compare Galician tesoira, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

scissor-tailed flycatcher
scissor-tailed flycatcher

scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)


slapsies

(UK, hand games, children's games) A children's game in which the players position themselves in a circle and each place one hand in the centre (normally on top of a table or other item of furniture). An ordinal number or another word such as "last" or "penultimate" is then called out by someone and whoever draws their hand away from the circle at that position has their hand slapped by the other players.

hand games; children's games; hand games; children's games


野球拳

ja-noun

野(や)球(きゅう)拳(けん) • (yakyūken) ^(←やきうけん (yakiuken)?)

野球拳 (canonical)
yakyūken (romanization)
yakiuken (romanization)
やきうけん (hiragana historical)

[ja̠kʲɨːkẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 野球(やきゅう) (yakyū, “baseball”) + 拳(けん) (ken, literally “fist”).

ja-compound

yakyuken or strip rock paper scissors (a version of Rock-Paper-Scissors where the loser has to remove an article of clothing, accompanied with a song and dance)

脱衣花札

脱衣花札 だついはなふだ

脱衣麻雀

脱衣麻雀 だついマージャン


joquempô

Pode crer / Que não existe passo em falso, acaso ou contrapé / Enquanto cara ou coroa, moeda para em pé / Enquanto a gente empata em pedra nesse joquempô


nożyce

nożyczki (diminutive)
nożyce (nominative plural)
nożyc (genitive plural)
nożycom (dative plural)
nożyce (accusative plural)
nożycami (instrumental plural)
nożycach (locative plural)
nożyce (plural vocative)

/nɔˈʐɘ.t͡sɛ/

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nožici, from *nožь.

scissors (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)


pedra-papel-tesoura

(games) rock paper scissors (a popular child’s game played with the hands)


rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock

rock paper scissors
rock paper scissors#English

(neologism) An extension of the children's game of rock paper scissors, with two additional handshapes: lizard and Spock.


チョキ

チョキ (canonical)
ちょき (canonical)
choki (romanization)


パー

ja-noun

パー or ぱあ • (pā)

パー (canonical)
ぱあ (canonical)
pā (romanization)


グー

(rock paper scissors) rock, a closed fist in the game of rock paper scissors


じゃん拳

[d͡ʑã̠ŋkẽ̞ɴ]

There were various similar games originating in China that were played with the fist (拳, Japanese reading of ken). Possible derivations of janken include a shift from the Chinese pronunciation of 兩拳／两拳 (literally “both fists, two fists”), perhaps the Min Nan reading liáng kûn, or a shift from 石拳 (shakken, literally “stone fist”), suggested also by the game's alternative name of 石拳 (ishiken, using the kun'yomi of ishi for the 石 character).

rock paper scissors (popular children's game)

チョキ

scissors; choki, in a game of rock, paper, scissors


jan ken po

From Hawaiian Creole jan ken po, from Japanese じゃんけんぽん (jankenpon), from じゃんけん (janken).


حجرة ورقة مقص

ar-noun

حَجَرَة وَرَقَة مِقَصّ

حَجَرَة وَرَقَة مِقَصّ • (ḥajara waraqa miqaṣṣ) f

حَجَرَة وَرَقَة مِقَصّ (canonical)
ḥajara waraqa miqaṣṣ (romanization)


karilyo

Borrowed from Spanish carrillo (“cheek”). Also possibly from Spanish carilla (“little face”), from cara.