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to scissor

to scissor

4 4.8
To cut with a tool that has two blades or to move two parts so they cross
  • verb
  • /ˈsɪzər/
translation icon : cortar
  • Her sculpted legs scissor the accelerator and clutch.
  • scissored paper
  • scissoring strips
  • scissoring motion

You want to come over and help me scissor some coupons?

Examples

  • Veate churned the water, her pale arms rising and falling evenly, her legs scissoring and creating foam in her wake.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • You want to come over and help me scissor some coupons?

    Good Mythical Morning

  • The man caught him and, carried by momentum, scissored his way over the low cyclone fence, carrying the boy up the street.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Outside, the crow girls are lying on their backs, making snow angels on his lawn, scissoring their arms and legs, shaping skirts and wings.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Cicadas thrummed in the trees and crickets scissored their legs in the humid air.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • She carefully scissored the paper into two equal halves for the craft project.

  • In art class, we scissored different fabrics to create a colorful collage.

  • The stylist scissored my hair into a stylish bob that suited my face perfectly.

Synonyms

to slash
vsto scissor
53 3.0

To cut forcefully with a knife or sharp tool

cuts using a steady two-blade action, not a single forceful stroke
to cleave
vsto scissor
8 8.0

To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe

cuts by a steady two-blade shearing motion rather than forceful splitting

Antonyms

join
11 2.9

The place where two things meet and are fixed together

Compounds

scissor hold
  • Jargon
1 7.8

A position where someone wraps their legs around an opponent's body or head and presses their feet together to squeeze

scissor grip
  • Jargon
8.3

A leg hold that wraps around an opponent and squeezes by locking the feet together

How Much

to sever
100 5.6
to slice
203 1.0
cut
1.0
to scissor
4 4.8
to snip
20 2.1
to nick
33 3.5

Surface Forms

scissor infinitive
scissored past
scissored past participle
scissoring present participle
scissors third person singular

Etymology

The word scissor comes from the same root as scissors, from an old Latin word scindere meaning 'to cut'. So to scissor something is to cut it or to move two parts like the two blades of scissors.