scissor

[siz-er]

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.

noun

1. scissors.

scissor

/ ˈsɪzə /

noun

1. (modifier) of or relating to scissors

   a scissor blade

verb

1. to cut (an object) with scissors

Other Word Forms

• unscissored adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scissor¹

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

Example Sentences

"The way we use a pair of scissors is quite mind-blowing when you think about it," Mr Walker says.

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Transform boundaries -- the faults where plates slide past each other -- act like natural scissors, slicing across the plate and isolating fragments that form new microplates while subduction continues nearby.

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It was a revolutionary car, with scissor doors.

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The independent report described how he had become agitated following a family visit and had stabbed himself in his abdomen with a pair of scissors.

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Pilcher was working last June when one of these recent recruits was electrocuted while working on high-voltage overhead lights, from a scissor lift, without gloves or other required safety equipment.

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Related Words

• carve 
• divide 
• rip 
• slash 
• slice