SCISSOR Definition & Meaning

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scissor

[ siz-er ]

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verb (used with object)

to cut or clip out with scissors.
to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge:
testimony scissored from the record.

verb (used without object)

to move one's body or legs like the blades of scissors:
a gymnast scissoring over the bar.

noun

scissors ( def 1 ).

scissor

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noun

modifier of or relating to scissors
a scissor blade

verb

to cut (an object) with scissors

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Origin of scissor¹

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

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"Having my England kit that I was so proud of being cut off me with scissors was a small trivial thing I was thinking of," Hampson told BBC East Midlands Today.

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He said he had been shown around the store, and had been given a pair of scissors to cut the ribbon.

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A man has been jailed for 30 years for trying to kill a police officer by stabbing him in the head with a pair of scissors.

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In De Longe’s classroom, I grabbed a pair of scissors, cut through the new rug’s plastic packaging and unfurled it on the hardwood floor.

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On Aug. 14, according to police reports, Chapman found Sindle maniacally chopping up a piece of binder paper with scissors.

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