scissor
/ˈsɪzɚ/ verb A2- To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
- To excise or expunge something from a text. · The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.
- To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs. · The runner scissored over the hurdles.
- To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
- To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
He/she/it scissors · Past scissored · Past participle scissored · -ing form scissoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- scissor
- He/she/it
- scissors
- Past
- scissored
- Past participle
- scissored
- -ing form
- scissoring
From the library
I’ve got my patchwork scissors in my apron pocket fortunately,” said Anne.
With a dismal sigh she went for the scissors.
Holmes,” said Sir Henry Baskerville, “someone cut out this message with a scissors—”
“Nail-scissors,” said Holmes.
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