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Uncommonscissors
The correct spelling is scissors.
How to pronounce scissors
/ˈsɪzəz/
nounIPA: /ˈsɪzəz/
Say it like: Ssi-sso-rs
The correct spelling is scissors. One blade on a pair of scissors. For example: "The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record."
Usage Examples
“The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.”
“The runner scissored over the hurdles.”
“Scissors are used to cut the flowers.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.One blade on a pair of scissors.
- 2.Scissors.
- 3.(noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
- 4.(usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
- 5.An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
verb
- 1.To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
- 2.To excise or expunge something from a text.
- 3.To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
- 4.To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
- 5.(sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
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