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Definition scissor

Etymology

Altered from scissors; ultimately from Latin caedere (“to cut”); current spelling influenced by Latin scindere (“to split”).

Noun

scissor (plural scissors)

1. (rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.
2. (India) 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

scissor (third-person singular simple present scissors, present participle scissoring, simple past and past participle scissored)

1. (transitive) To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
2. (transitive) To excise or expunge something from a text.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
5. (intransitive, sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
6. (skating) To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.

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