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scissor

[siz-er]

scis·sor

[siz-er]
verb (used with object)
1.
to cut or clip out with scissors.
2.
to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge: testimony scissored from the record.
verb (used without object)
3.
to move one's body or legs like the blades of scissors: a gymnast scissoring over the bar.

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noun

Origin:
1605–15; v. use of singular of scissors

un·scis·sored, adjective
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scissor (ˈsɪzə)
 
n
1.  (modifier) of or relating to scissors: a scissor blade
 
vb
2.  to cut (an object) with scissors

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