scissor
to cut or clip out with scissors.
to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge: testimony scissored from the record.
to move one's body or legs like the blades of scissors: a gymnast scissoring over the bar.
Origin of scissor
1Other words from scissor
- un·scis·sored, adjective
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How to use scissor in a sentence
The aim is to make the gene scissors appear in a person’s cells, cut out the problem gene, and then fade away.
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines | David Rotman | February 5, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewForget using scissors to tend to your indoor our outdoor plants.
Bacteria develop clustered repeated sequences in their DNA, known as CRISPRs, that can remember dangerous viruses and then deploy RNA-guided scissors to destroy them.
mRNA Technology Gave Us the First COVID-19 Vaccines. It Could Also Upend the Drug Industry | Walter Isaacson | January 11, 2021 | TimeUse sharp scissors or game shears to cut a 2-inch round hole on its underside.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-ScienceVanesler said Brinkman approached him holding a pair of scissors, although police records show there were conflicting reports at the time of what he thought the weapon really was.
Officers Who Wrote Multiple Seditious Language Tickets Have Been Accused of Other Violations | Kara Grant | October 14, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The leads in Blue Is the Warmest Color scissor in a dozen different positions but we never once see them penetrate each other.
I Tried Cosmo’s Lesbian Sex Tips and They Were Terrible | Samantha Allen | July 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen you have a cause, the best way to express yourself is artistically,” he says, against “the scissor of the oppressor.
Hani Abbas Extends the Vital Tradition of Political Cartooning in the Mideast | Patrick Hilsman | October 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"Prob'ly some old scissor bills that got a notion of hangin' on to their land," Scattergood said.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandYou know I talked of buying a gold scissor-sheath for Laura, but I think a leather one will do just as well.
The Blue Jar Story Book | Maria EdgeworthThe old soldier ambled up the village street, all shadowy in the dawn, on a gaunt, scissor-hocked pony.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingYou beg to dine the gay-kerchiefed scissor-Grinder's child, but they invite the Minister's toothless mother-in-law!
Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottCecil felt like the drowning woman when she gave the last scissor-like gesture with her fingers.
The Three Brides | Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for scissor
/ (ˈsɪzə) /
(modifier) of or relating to scissors: a scissor blade
to cut (an object) with scissors
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