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scissor

[ siz-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to cut or clip out with scissors.
to eliminate or eradicate from a text; expunge:
testimony scissored from the record.

to move one's body or legs like the blades of scissors:
a gymnast scissoring over the bar.

scissor

/ ˈsɪzə /

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Origin of scissor¹

First recorded in 1605–15; v. use of singular of scissors

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He said he had been shown around the store, and had been given a pair of scissors to cut the ribbon.

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A man has been jailed for 30 years for trying to kill a police officer by stabbing him in the head with a pair of scissors.

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In De Longe’s classroom, I grabbed a pair of scissors, cut through the new rug’s plastic packaging and unfurled it on the hardwood floor.

On Aug. 14, according to police reports, Chapman found Sindle maniacally chopping up a piece of binder paper with scissors.

The CRISPR-Cas9 molecular complex, also known as genetic scissors, is the most widely used tool by scientists around the world.

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