English Explanatory Dictionary

scissor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Attributive form of scissors.
  2. One blade on a pair of scissors.
  3. Scissors.
  4. Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
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. To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
  6. To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪzə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scissor.wav /ˈsɪzɚ/

Word forms

scissor scissors scissoring scissored

Etymology

From Middle English cysour, cysoure, cysowre, altered from sisours (“scissors”), from Old French cisoires, cisours, cisur, from Latin caedere (“to cut”); current spelling influenced by Latin scindere, scissus (“to split”).

Derived words

scissorbill scissor binoculars scissor bite scissor congruence scissor-congruent scissor cross scissor door scissored scissor kick scissor lift scissorlike scissor sister scissor statement scissor switch scissor tackle scissor-tailed flycatcher scissor tooth scissorwise unscissored

Translations

Biatah Bidayuh: gutin Bulgarian: режа с ножица Chinese Mandarin: 剪 Dutch: knippen Finnish: saksia Finnish: leikata saksilla French: couper aux ciseaux Galician: trosquiar Greek: ψαλιδίζω Ido: cizagar Malay: menggunting Māori: kutikuti Khiamniungan Naga: tìp Norwegian: klippe Swedish: klippa Swedish: saxa Turkish: makasla kesmek Turkish: kayırtmak
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