Synonyms for scissor
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : siz-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪz ər |
Top 10 synonyms for scissor Other synonyms for the word scissor
- bite
- chine
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- decussate
- dice
- dispatch
- dissect
- dissever
- facet
- fell
- flitch
- gash
- guillotine
- hack
- hash
- hew
- intersect
- lacerate
- lay open
- level
- lop
- massacre
- mince
- mow
- mow down
- nick
- notch
- part
- penetrate
- perforate
- pierce
- prune
- puncture
- quarter
- rabbet
- raze
- reap
- rend
- rive
- saber
- saw
- scarify
- scissor
- score
- scythe
- separate
- shear
- sickle
- skive
- slaughter
- slay
- slit
- sliver
- snip
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for scissor
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