scissor UK /ˈsɪzə/US /ˈsɪzɚ/verb 6noun 3forms 3 verb6 •To cut using, or as if using, scissors.[…] let me know, Why mine owne Barber is unblest, with him My poore Chinne too, for tis not Cizard iust To such a Favorites glasse […] — 1613 •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. •(slang) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other. •To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other. •(no longer used) To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.The public are no longer excluded from the beauties of Science, if there is any virtue in 257 pages of etymology, scissored from “the best authorities.” — 1832 noun3 •[before a noun] Attributive form of scissors.I had clipped out the photo, feeling pathetic about the act from the moment I slipped my thumb into the scissor hole. — 2005 •(India) Scissors. •(rare) One blade of a pair of scissors. formsscissored · scissoring · scissors