scissor

UK: /ˈsɪzə/ US: /ˈsɪzɚ/ ,(siz′ər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

scis•sor /ˈsɪzɚ/  v. 

1. [~ + object] to cut or clip out with scissors.
2. [no object] to move one's body or legs like the blades of scissors.

n. [countable]

3. scissors.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

scis•sor  (siz′ər), v.t. 

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

v.i. 

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

n. 

4. scissors.

• verb, verbal use of singular of scissors 1605–15

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scissor / ˈsɪzə/ noun

1. (modifier) of or relating to scissors