scissor
/ˈsɪzə//ˈsɪzɚ/
noun
- 1
One blade on a pair of scissors.
- 2
Scissors.
- 3
(noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
verb
- 1
To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
- 2
To excise or expunge something from a text.
“The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.”
- 3
To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
- 4
To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
“The runner scissored over the hurdles.”
- 5
(sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
- 6
To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
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