scissor
To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
Other meanings
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.”
Related words
- scissor binoculars
- scissor bite
- scissor cross
- scissor door
- scissor lift
- scissorbill
- scissored
- scissor-tailed flycatcher
- scissor kick
- scissorlike
- scissor congruence
- scissor-congruent
Word history
From Old French "cisoires".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “scissor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.