noun Download 🔗Share One blade on a pair of scissors. Examples : "The scissor on these old scissors is loose, so they don't cut well. " item utensil machine thing utility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Scissors. Examples : "I used the scissor to cut the paper. " utensil stationery Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack. Examples : "The gymnast performed a scissor kick, propelling herself high into the air. " utensil machine action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cut using, or as if using, scissors. Examples : "The tailor used scissors to scissor the fabric for the new dress. " utensil action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To excise or expunge something from a text. Examples : "The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record." writing language literature word media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy. Examples : "The journalist had to scissor several paragraphs from the politician's speech to fit the newspaper's limited space. " writing language communication word literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs. Examples : "The runner scissored over the hurdles." action body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other. Examples : "The girls in the park were rumored to be scissor-ing. " sex action body human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other. Examples : "He scissor-skated across the ice rink, his left foot well ahead of his right. " sport action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading