scissor

[ siz-er ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to cut or clip out with scissors.

  2. to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge: testimony scissored from the record.

verb (used without object)
  1. to move one's body or legs like the blades of scissors: a gymnast scissoring over the bar.

Origin of scissor

1
First recorded in 1605–15; v. use of singular of scissors

Other words from scissor

  • un·scis·sored, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for scissor

scissor

/ (ˈsɪzə) /


noun
  1. (modifier) of or relating to scissors: a scissor blade

verb
  1. to cut (an object) with scissors

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