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makas

Pronunciation: /maˈkas/

“makas” is a Turkish word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. scissors
  2. railway junction
  3. railroad switch, points, turnout
  4. suspension, leaf spring
  5. shears
  6. truss
  7. scissoring
  8. scissors, scissors hold
  9. the act of dangerously and recklessly swerving through traffic, weaving from lane to lane without properly signalling
  10. gap

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقص (makas), from Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

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