scissor
pronunciation
How to pronounce scissor in British English:
UK ['sɪzə]
How to pronounce scissor in American English:
US [ˈsɪzɚ]
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- Verb:
- cut with or as if with scissors
Word Origin
- scissor (v.)
- 1610s, "to cut with scissors;" 1961 with reference to leg motions (in the wrestling sense it is attested from 1968); see scissors. Related: Scissored; scissoring.
Example
- 1. Scissor for ribbon-cutting ceremony of sydney harbour bridge .
- 2. Okay , hand me the scissor .
- 3. The scissor blades are stainless steel and cut very clean with a micro serrated edge .
- 4. However , when the old man picked up the scissor again , a third tissue fell on the shrubs in front of him again .
- 5. When your scissor blades get sticky or grimy , don 't use water to wash them off ; you 're far more likely to rust the fastener that holds the blades together -- or the blades themselves -- than get them clean .