scissored; scissoring
ˈsi-zə-riŋ 
ˈsiz-riŋ
: to cut, cut up, or cut off with scissors or shears
scissored the paper into strips
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Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Alternatively, using small scissors or a paring knife, cut lengthwise down the back of each shrimp shell.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Sizzle highlighted above, there are a lot of assumptions around who can scissor.
—Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Gray showed us how to trim the seaweed with scissors and harvest only a third, so the plant can regrow.
—Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Alternatively, using small scissors or a paring knife, cut lengthwise down the back of each shrimp shell.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
While there was a myth that lesbians don’t actually scissor, that has since been debunked.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Sizzle highlighted above, there are a lot of assumptions around who can scissor.
—Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scissor. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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