Scissors
/ˈsɪzəz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:11 pts8 letters
Definition of Scissors
noun
verb
- To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
- To excise or expunge something from a text.
"The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record."
- To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
- To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
"The runner scissored over the hurdles."
- (sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
noun
- (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.
"Scissors are used to cut the flowers."
- 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.
"They executed a perfect scissors."
- A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
- A scissors hold.
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