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scissors

The word “scissors” has 2 syllables: scis-sors

It's pronounced as /ˈsɪz.ɚz/

What is synonym and antonym for scissors?

In the thesaurus, “scissors” has 37 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for scissors along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for scissors

Meanings of scissors

  • noun
    1. One blade on a pair of scissors.
    2. Scissors.
    3. (noun adjunct) Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.
    4. (usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
    5. An attacking move conducted by two players; the player without the ball runs from one side of the ball carrier, behind the ball carrier, and receives a pass from the ball carrier on the other side.
    6. A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
    7. An exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors.
    8. A scissors hold.
    9. (rock paper scissors) A hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and is loses to rock. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
  • verb
    1. To cut using, or as if using, scissors.
    2. To excise or expunge something from a text.
    3. To reproduce (text) as an excerpt, copy.
    4. To move something like a pair of scissors, especially the legs.
    5. (sex) To engage in scissoring (tribadism), a sexual act in which two women intertwine their legs and rub their vulvas against each other.
    6. To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.

Example Sentences

  • She grabbed the scissors to cut the wrapping paper.
  • The child learned how to use scissors safely in art class.
  • He couldn’t find the scissors, so he tore the tape by hand.
  • The pair of scissors on the desk had a bright red handle.
  • Please hand me the scissors from the kitchen drawer.

On this page you'll find 37 synonyms or another words to scissors, such as: amputates, anatomizes, bruises, butchers, carves, chips, chisels.

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