scissorbill
- noun
- /ˈsɪzərˌbɪl/
- Offensive
:
pardillo
- Don't be such a scissorbill; you should double-check everything before believing it.
Examples
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Everyone knew he was a scissorbill for trusting the salesman's claims without question.
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He was seen as a scissorbill after he fell for that obvious prank.
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Ahh... there you are, my little scissorbill.
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The sheriff bit back an impulse to tell the big scissorbill that excuses are like buttholes; everybody's got one.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Can ye believe it," he lays it out for Berneta, "that scissorbill of herder has to have a trip to town already?"
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
300
7.0
A person who is easily tricked
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7.3
A person who is not very smart and trusts people easily
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9.1
A person who is easily fooled or behaves foolishly
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9.9
A person who is foolish and easily tricked
1
9.9
An old word for a person who is easily tricked
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9.9
A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily
Antonyms
How Gullible
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word scissorbill looks like scissor + bill, with 'scissor' meaning 'to cut' and 'bill' meaning 'beak'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a bird with a cutting beak that looks silly and easy to catch, and that's why a scissorbill is slang for a foolish person who is easily tricked.