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scissoring

verb noun

To cut using, or as if using, scissors.

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10
Starts with
S
Ends with
G
Contains
CI
Scrabble score
N/A
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verb

  1. To cut using, or as if using, scissors.

  2. To excise or expunge something from a text.

    “The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.”

  3. To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.

  4. To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.

    “The runner scissored over the hurdles.”

  5. (sex) 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.

noun

  1. An act or instance of cutting (removing) with or as if with scissors, especially an act of cutting and censoring a film.

  2. (possibly obsolete) A clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors.

  3. (sex) A sex act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.

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Example Sentences

The erroneous testimony was scissored from the record.
The runner scissored over the hurdles.

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