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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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut the stem just above a set of healthy leaves or a new bud.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Whitney points out as much, though not quite as articulately, by making a scissoring gesture with her hands.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Schneider also has some distinct tattoos, including a cherry blossom on her right thigh, stylist scissors on her left inner forearm and a flower on the top of her left foot.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut the stem just above a set of healthy leaves or a new bud.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
Verb
That England avoided what would have been an embarrassing last-sixteen exit to Slovakia was thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of Jude Bellingham, its attacking prodigy, who scissored in an acrobatic finish at the death.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Whitney points out as much, though not quite as articulately, by making a scissoring gesture with her hands.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Scissor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scissor. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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