"rolling scissors" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹol.ɪŋ ˈsɪz.ɚz/ [General-American] Forms: rolling scissors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|rolling scissors}} rolling scissors (countable and uncountable, plural rolling scissors)
  1. (uncountable, aviation, military, with the) A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two aircraft barrel-rolling around each other as each attempts to gain the advantage. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation, Military
    Sense id: en-rolling_scissors-en-noun-TTeXwNKn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
  2. (uncountable, aviation, military, with the) A form of the scissors defensive maneuver in dogfighting, involving pulling up, rolling one's aircraft towards that of the attacker, and pulling the nose of one's aircraft towards the attacker to force an overshoot, resulting in the two aircraft barrel-rolling around each other as each attempts to gain the advantage.
    (countable, aviation, military) An instance of the above dogfighting maneuver.
    Tags: countable Categories (topical): Aviation, Military
    Sense id: en-rolling_scissors-en-noun-NDS~JAvH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: scissors Hyponyms: defensive spiral Coordinate_terms: flat scissors
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