scissor
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cut or clip out with scissors.
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to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge.
testimony scissored from the record.
verb (used without object)
noun
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of scissor
First recorded in 1605–15; v. use of singular of scissors
Example Sentences
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Five Delta employees were gathered near a scissor lift when Bautista climbed into the lift and elevated himself around 40- to 50-feet high, the sheriff’s report said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
I had just got off the scissor lift and then you said you were supposed to paint the wall, but got too busy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Not even 180 seconds on the clock, and he connected with a ball seven, eight, or nine feet in the air - depending on who you ask - to scissor kick Scotland into the lead.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
Matthew Baraniak was on work release in 2019 when he was killed at a Pennsylvania heavy machinery service center while operating a scissor lift.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
While we scissor and paint and paste she walks the aisles in her nurse’s mask, looking over our shoulders.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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