Antonyms for scissor

Grammar : Verb

Spell : siz-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪz ər

Definition of scissor

Origin : 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.

As in cut : verb sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise

Example sentences :

Both the scissor bird and the viuda (window) bird are aptly named.
Extract from : « Uruguay » by W. H. Koebel

He smiled as he noticed the scar left upon the thick leather by the scissor points; and repeated.
Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx

Pardon, monsieur, I use the scissor; there is a little fresh growth here.
Extract from : « Lady Maude's Mania » by George Manville Fenn

Twenty-five years ago he began to scissor and to put away those clippings which most impressed him.
Extract from : « The Fiction Factory » by John Milton Edwards

You may be boss of the Scissor Outfit yet—stranger things have been waiting around the corner.
Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess » by Caroline Lockhart

Dudes from the Scissor Ranch over to look at the freak woman sheepherder.
Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess » by Caroline Lockhart

He worked himself as a scissor grinder and sent the boys out as musicians, and compelled them at times to beg for money.
Extract from : « Hands Up; or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains » by D. J. Cook

Kattiri suli, or the scissor circlet, is found usually in the region of the belly, and is an unlucky sign.
Extract from : « Omens and Superstitions of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

Synonyms for scissor

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