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Scissor

/ˈsɪzə/

One blade on a pair of scissors.

📖 Definitions of "Scissor"

noun
  1. 1

    One blade on a pair of scissors.

  2. 2

    Scissors.

  3. 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. 1

    To cut using, or as if using, scissors.

  2. 2

    To excise or expunge something from a text.

    "The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record."

  3. 3

    To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.

  4. 4

    To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.

    "The runner scissored over the hurdles."

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