Scissor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cut or clip with scissors or shears.
  • n. A cutting implement consisting of two blades joined by a swivel pin that allows the cutting edges to be opened and closed.
  • n. Sports Any of various gymnastic exercises or jumps in which the movement of the legs suggests the opening and closing of scissors.
  • n. Sports A scissors hold.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One blade on a pair of scissors.
  • n. Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
  • v. To cut using, or as if using scissors.
  • v. To excise or expunge something from a text.
  • v. To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
  • v. To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
  • v. To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The singular of scissors.
  • To cut with scissors; prepare with the help of scissors.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cut with or as if with scissors
  • Verb Form
    scissored    scissoring    scissors   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cut   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    whizzer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    razor    scalpel    pencil    knife    chisel    tweezers    shovel    needle    tongs    pliers