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scissor

American  
[siz-er] / ˈsɪz ər /

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 British  
/ ˈsɪzə /

noun

  1. (modifier) of or relating to scissors

    a scissor blade
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to cut (an object) with scissors

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unscissored adjective

Etymology

Origin of scissor

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

Example Sentences

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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

It was a revolutionary car, with scissor doors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Today she reaches the peak of her canvases by riding a scissor lift, which sits behind her worktable, its metal bars speckled with globs of paint in many different colors.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

The family of an engineer who died after a scissor lift collapsed on top of him in a Perth supermarket have received more than £500,000 in damages.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

Then I run a scissor blade around the package and lift off its top.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

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