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# To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the [[leg]]s. |
# To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the [[leg]]s. |
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#: ''The runner '''scissored''' over the hurdles. |
#: ''The runner '''scissored''' over the hurdles. |
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# to engage in [[scissoring]] |
# to engage in [[scissoring]] |
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====Translations==== |
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Revision as of 08:29, 29 June 2010
English
Etymology
Altered from (deprecated template usage) scissors; ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) cædere; current spelling influenced by (deprecated template usage) scindere.
Pronunciation
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Noun
scissor (plural scissors)
- Template:rare One blade on a pair of scissors.
- (Noun Adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
Translations
one blade on a pair of scissors
Verb
scissor (third-person singular simple present scissors, present participle scissoring, simple past and past participle scissored)
- 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 move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
- The runner scissored over the hurdles.
- to engage in scissoring
Translations
to cut using scissors
to move something like a pair of scissors
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