SCISSOR

scissor

(verb) cut with or as if with scissors

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

scissor (plural scissors)

(rare) One blade on a pair of scissors.

(India) Scissors.

(noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.

Verb

scissor (third-person singular simple present scissors, present participle scissoring, simple past and past participle scissored)

(transitive) To cut using, or as if using, scissors.

(transitive) To excise or expunge something from a text.

(transitive, obsolete) To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.

(transitive, intransitive) To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.

(intransitive, sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.

(skating) To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.

Source: Wiktionary

Scis"sor, v. t.

Definition: To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition